[discostu]

Take a look at what unionized labor has wrought in the airline industry (or the mining industry, or the automobile industry, shipping, teaching, textiles...). Unionizing isn't a solution, if that is the "only" solution then there is no solution.

[mabelkitty]

Don't forget the steel industry.

[Billy_bob_bob]

It does seem like there is a natural progression. First a new industry is born, then it matures, then it ends up being run by total maniac greedheads, then unions end up being established (as a response to the actions of the total maniac greedheads), and then the industry dies the death of a thousand cuts, thanks to the greed of the unions.

Greedy CEO's vs. greedy unions. What a great choice, huh?

Perhaps if we had a functioning legal system that actually punished corporate corruption and fraud we wouldn't need to go through this cycle. Perhaps if our political system actually listened to the concerns of citizens instead of campaign contributers then we could avoid this nonsense. However, since our legal and political systems are for sale to the highest bidder I don't see an alternative.

The anger needed to fuel a union movement has been kindled by the actions of the CEO's of the tech industry, and I predict they will soon have to pay the piper. The name of the piper will be Union.