Norway has unions for IT-workers. The union base pay of around 470k NOK (~52K GBP, ~80K USD) is pretty much guaranteed straight out of university if you have a masters degree.

In general I think it is a good thing, although I dislike the biggest one (Tekna) (that I was formerly a member of) because they supported the DRD[0]. I have since become a member of a different union (NITO).

[0]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_Retention_Directive

Prospect represents people in the IT TMT industries http://www.prospect.org.uk/