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The existence of such a thing as minimum wage, paid vacation, the 40 hr work week and so on were the results of union agitation, not the free market.

• krapp 9y ago
  Unions are as much a part of the free market as business owners and customers.
  • fallingfrog 9y ago
    "Free market" refers to a currency system and financial system, usually established and managed by the state, which allows the value of goods and services to be set by supply and demand. Unions use strikes to negotiate with management. Not the same thing.
    • krapp 9y ago
      Not everyone shares that definition of a free market, but fair enough.
      • ucaetano 9y ago
        Actually that's the commonly used definition of free market in economics. You might be confusing it with laissez faire, which isn't necessarily a free market.