In article , Dave Head
writes:

It has to do
with the waning of union power, I think, and the mistake that "tech" people
including engineers make that they don't need a union. If you're an
employee,
you need a union. Period. But the IT bunch won't join one, and look what
happened to them.

Dave,

I partly agree with you. A lot of the problem is waning union power.

But that doesn't mean everyone needs to be unionized. The mere existence of
strong unions benefits nonunion workers, too, because often employers with
nonunion shops will treat their workers better in order to stave off
unionization.

But as the percentage of labor that is unionized decreases, that effect
diminishes also.

73 de Jim, N2EY