Tech Workers Coalition exists, as does IWW, though neither fit what most folks think of when they think of unions

Some already have. It's illegal to stop it.

I'm in one right now. There's a ton of guilds too in the US.

Got me a raise and fought a RTO sillyness.

Tech workers needed to unionize yesterday. The trillion dollar investment to automate away white collar work should have us all organizing. Unfortunately, software engineers tend to be very tepid and don't want to rock the boat. I've also found myself contracting a lot lately which gives me substantially less power to organize. But even the tendency towards contracting is one that disempowers workers and makes them feel disposable.

Unionization desperately needs to happen.

This must be US centric yeah? I am in a union in Denmark as an engineer, and was when I was specifically a software engineer too.

I hope it can happen everywhere, it's been great for us in the few years I've been part of it.

As their jobs keep getting devalued, by AI (whether appropriate or not), and they are increasingly treated as unskilled labor, there will be more pressure to organize in order to mitigate losses in pay and benefits.

If it was possible to create a union without interacting with each other, it would already be done.

Am tech worker. Where do I sign?

They already do in France. In the video game part of tech, too.

My personal bet would be no. They’ll automate themselves away and slovenly play the corporate game before unionising. As a collective that is. Perhaps there’s lots to say about the culture of the profession, but I suspect it’s just too childish and spoilt.

I remember an old coworker said he was anti union. "I'd just find another job if I didn't like the one I had", he said. Bold claim.

Nope. They're too economically right wing self-absorbed to unionize.