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I will never understand this concept of power imbalance. You are working because you don't have power, so you rely on others with power to give you power (money in this situation). If the power was even, why would I need to work in the first place?

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I don't think the point is to have equal power between the parties, but that the party with more power should be prevented from wielding that power abusively.

Also, the reason all of this is regulated into law in most countries is because the alternative is usually violence.

People seem to forget labour rights have been won by blood, not some benevolence of companies in a capitalistic society.

What don't you understand? Workers want more bargaining power and the only leverage they have is the ability to stop the money hose for Howard Schultz. If they stop his profits for long enough, he will have to accede to their demands in order to make money again.

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