manufacturing laborers unionized because they were in great demand? so shouldn't the tech bubble workers have unionized as well since they, too, were in such great demand? union qua union, ithink, serves a purpose -- ie ensure the well being of its members. and it was unions that provided workers with leverage to negotiate higher salaries and more benefits - not because they wer in such great demand. if workers already had leverage because they were scarce, i don't see why this would lead them to forming unions. and contrary to what PG implies, i think there were some extraordinary, heroic union organizers.