> Collective employment agreements mandate minimums, not maximums.
Collective employment agreements can mandate whatever is negotiated
between the union and management, within the bounds of contract law and labor law. Of course they can include maximums.
What is likely to happen is that a salary range would be defined for each engineering level. The top of that range is likely to be lower than what many engineers at large companies currently earn, yet higher than what many engineers at startups currently earn. Therein is the leveling effect.
Leveling is good if you level up, but bad if you level down. Many engineers at large companies would level down, if they were to join a union. So why should they support unionization?
Collective employment agreements can mandate whatever is negotiated between the union and management, within the bounds of contract law and labor law. Of course they can include maximums.
What is likely to happen is that a salary range would be defined for each engineering level. The top of that range is likely to be lower than what many engineers at large companies currently earn, yet higher than what many engineers at startups currently earn. Therein is the leveling effect.
Leveling is good if you level up, but bad if you level down. Many engineers at large companies would level down, if they were to join a union. So why should they support unionization?