>That is, unfortunately, the economic force that is allowing these conditions to persist. No, it's a government problem. An individual is not on equal footing

>That is, unfortunately, the economic force that is allowing these conditions to persist. No, it's a government problem. An individual is not on equal footing with a group of individuals (e.g. a company). Therefor either the government must allow workers to unionize or it must enforce some level of sane working conditions. If your "free market" allows companies to exploit people to the point that working slowly kills them and not working kills them quicker then I want nothing what-so-ever to do with it.