Ok, in the UK workers rights, are well rights. At no point was I suggesting that employers are forced to hire workers. I'm talking about the right to a safe, e

Ok, in the UK workers rights, are well rights. At no point was I suggesting that employers are forced to hire workers. I'm talking about the right to a safe, equal workplace. You are assuming in a wonderfully cute and naive way, that the power balance between employer and employee is equal. It is not and has never been. In the UK literally thousands of people have died for workers rights. I suggest you try quitting your current job, loosing all your money and becoming a taxi driver, living paycheck to paycheck. then we can have a talk about negotiating. Also, your hypothetical basically negotiates away a fundamental human right in the UK/EU, to suggest that its a tool for negotiating is pretty abhorrent.