You just blew me away.
Being the typical American, I didn't think outside the box or consider the internet is global. I too am from an area, Kansas-right to work, where a non-union person gets all the benefits negotiated by the Union and doesn�t have to belong or help pay for it. We even have to furnish legal at the Unions expense if they need it. It�s all designed to weaken Unions like you say they have in Australia. Companies have gone global but Unions haven�t yet and until they do workers around the world will be pitted against each other. Maybe there is a way those professionals outside the US could gain entry to the upper tier, any ideas?