I hope those engineers made Ford pay out the nose.

They did not. I been saying for decades that software devs form a union.

It's just so strange any other profession have unions or bodies that protect their job against this sort of practice.

if software devs were lawyers then AI would've been banned

You can negotiate your salary even without a union. Also being part of a union doesn't guarantee you won't be laid off because of AI.

	▲	breakpointalpha 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		A union absolutely can and should protect workers from frivolous layoffs. If the company tries to layoff 10% "due to AI" the remaining 90% can strike. History is full of union solidarity vs idiotic management.