This is the very reason the US has workplace rights that were fought for by unions. The weekend, forty-hour weeks, vacation, sick leave - unions fought hard for

This is the very reason the US has workplace rights that were fought for by unions. The weekend, forty-hour weeks, vacation, sick leave - unions fought hard for every benefit. Without regulation and oversight, companies will gravitate towards just this kind of disregard for their employees in the name of profit. Unions have their own set of problems, but given one group that's allied with protecting employees and another group that's allied with profit, I'll pick the one on the side of the employees every time because the alternative benefits a much smaller group.