Stop trying to make "fetch" happen.
Nerds are independent thinkers, and adapt rapidly to change. Heck, we are in the business of change. If we thought switching to unions was good, we would have done it decades ago.
I can negotiate for my own future better than a nameless political leech, sucking me dry with dues.
You can cry oppressor/oppressed ideology, but in the end I'm content being the captain of my own ship (career).