While that's probably true and I think people should be happy with whatever makes them happy, it doesn't mean these engineers couldn't be much better off.

That being said, as an employee, I'm so afraid of unions screwing up that I can't make my mind between having an union vs. these periodic lawsuits/settlements in order to keep the balance. It seems every example of a union being a good thing (like the Norway example mentioned here) feels like a bug in the matrix.