Your comment (like a few others) reads as though you've discarded the possibility of some in the HN crowd having first-hand experience with unions.

> HN is very consistently anti-union.

I'd say HN is more consistently anti-bullshit. It's important to separate the legitimate problems from the solutions taken to address them, else you fall for the false dichotomy. Being skeptical of unions as a solution to address workplace conditions is not irrational.