tech jobs are unionized? where? show me an AFL-CIO chapter for programmers, or tech support people, or semiconductor designers.
I didn't say tech jobs are unionized. But the wages that unions demand do have a ripple effect thru the entire economy. Just as minimum wages drive up wages for higher level jobs, union wages drive up wages for jobs higher up the ladder (such as tech jobs).
I worked as a contractor for Lockheed-Martin in nj once, and alot of the software developers/analysts there were in a union of some sort (related to comm workers? I forget) - but they were all given the choice of joining or not. First time I'd seen it, but it does exist.
Boeing engineers are unionized (outside of St. Louis) in the Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace (SPEEA.)