I agree and had said so before [1]: it&#x27;s in the same spirit as &quot;if you make this much, you&#x27;re doing fine and don&#x27;t need the overtime laws&quot; or &quot;if you make this much, you can invest in shadier stuff since you have the resources to do your own diligence first&quot;.<p>But that&#x27;s not to say that unions are favoring the exemption for this more noble reason, and we have to be on guard against abuses of it e.g. a consultant who charges a fee to get your workers classified as being in a worthless, token union so you can pay them less but without giving them enough bargaining power to ensure that the lower amount is still a good deal.<p>[1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=11413461" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=11413461</a>