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If I am the only one at my company who is in a union, how does the union help me negotiate more salary? Or does it rely on enough people at my company joining?



If unions have the funding to advocate for higher wages, even at other companies, wages in the industry will rise to remain competitive.

Additionally unions can offer you support in workplace disputes, and so function as a kind of legal employment insurance, even when density in your workplace is low.


Wages in the US tech industry are some of the most competitive in the world.

"Additionally unions can offer you support in workplace disputes,"

It also makes it really difficult to fire bad/incompetent workers.


Competitive with who? Tech companies are some of the largest in the world right now.




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