What would help equal the playing field in negotiations is if the potential employee had the backing of a union to enforce a fairer contract. A single laborer

What would help equal the playing field in negotiations is if the potential employee had the backing of a union to enforce a fairer contract. A single laborer vs a well-monied and well-lawyered corporation is not a fair negotiation. See Apple & Google colluding to keep wages down for software engineers. Union contracts with employers could also ease the damage to the middle and lower classes done by automation. > Sam Walton didn't start out being rich. Sam Walton is an outlier. His actions are responsible for driving down the wages and benefits of a sizable number of people and making them dependent on government services for what should be be provided by their employer.