Startup Lanetix Pays US $775,000 to Software Engineers Fired for Union Organizing

Quick, by a show of virtual hands-how, many engineers reading this belong to a union? If that question got many “yes” answers, I’d be surprised (if you put your hand up, please comment below). And if many of those positive responses were software engineers, I’d be stunned. Unionizing efforts among engineers are the real unicorns-far rarer than the kinds of unicorns the tech industry likes to promote.
But back in January, an effort to unionize software engineers made the news when Lanetix, a company that creates cloud-based tools for the shipping and transportation industry, fired 14 engineers shortly after they petitioned to be represented by the Communications Workers of America (CWA).