It seems to be in the nature of many a person or institution to desire to feather one’s own nest before considering that the other deserves a fair shake. Indeed, in many a case we find that in far too many powerful corporations that they are not willing to share the wealth, with those that labor for them, and in absence of good faith negotiations between the workforce and those that are its employers, we find that the employers essentially hold all the cards in regards to worker’s pay, worker’s benefits, and worker’s hours. Perhaps this is way that it should be in a free enterprise system, but it has to be recognized that the more concentrated that wealth becomes, the less that this nation actually represents in any way, form, or manner a democratic or representative government, but rather it becomes one in which there is only the semblance of such, because money equates to power, and those with the power who are also transfixed by greed, will not willingly or fairly share the wealth.
One worker does not typically have a lot of power, and to the degree that they withhold their labor from their employer, they will simply end up getting terminated from that employment. So too, one worker who tries to bargain with their employer may or may not have success, depending upon the needs and consideration of that employer. So too, one worker who is not permitted to at least organize with other workers essentially means that one worker stands alone. When it comes to employees, they are almost always at an extreme disadvantage to those who control their employment and thereby have the capital to pay them a fair wage or not. Furthermore, in the absence of the worker having pertinent and actionable information about the corporation, it is thereby difficult for laborers to ascertain how much they are contributing to the company. In all of these things, the power that a given worker has to negotiate a fair pay package has a whole lot to do with other workers also joining together in the same cause, as well as to whether or not this government of, for, and by the people, will do its part to see that workers are provided with the backstop so that they can collectively bargain for a better and thereby a fair deal without fear of unjust termination.
The one thing that all workers have in common, whether or not their working conditions are fair or not, is that they can withhold their labor, and when done collectively in which “replacement workers” are mandated by law, to only be temporary, then there is a fair chance that the negotiations between those workers on strike and upper management will be fair for all involved. This so signifies that in absence of fair wages to begin with, that workers in this nation should be fairly entitled to unionize and thereby to collectively bargain with upper management, and whenever the terms so being discussed are not accommodating to those workers, they have the right to withhold their labor by striking, of which, upper management should not be permitted by law to replace those workers on strike with permanent replacements – and in addition this government, if so required, should be the fair arbiter of the dispute in question.
In sum, those who have money, power, and influence when it comes to employment should be held to account to treat their employees with fairness, for in the absence of such, we will typically have systemic exploitation, which isn’t good for the country or its principles.