Give us your most rousing worker-rallying speech on the matter. Union organizers are hoping that will change as both the high-tech industry and its workers age a bit. As you get older, your view changes a little bit. You're not, perhaps, as willing to work 80 and 90 hours a week, every week. Benefits start looking more important to you when you raise a family.
Most people start thinking more about job security.
And job hopping seems less attractive. And Keystone's Herzenberg says the trick for unions will be bargaining for benefits that reflect the nature of the dot-com industry. If I were a betting man, I'd bet they'll figure that out. Similarly, job placement for displaced workers may be an especially important benefit. If I were a betting man, I'd bet they'll figure that out.