>The employment system in the US, especially in states like mine, ensure that employers have persistent power over employees under the guise of “right to work”.

>The employment system in the US, especially in states like mine, ensure that employers have persistent power over employees under the guise of “right to work”. I think you mean "at-will employment". All American states have that. "Right to work" laws refer to laws banning union contracts from creating "closed shops".