It’s time to balance the power between workers and employers
Wage slavery is a real thing in America today.  I&#x27;m in almost the 95th percentile of income in the US today (although I wasn&#x27;t always so lucky), and, if I were to somehow lose my job tomorrow, my first priority would be to find a new one ASAP, because I wouldn&#x27;t be able to pay rent after less than 6 months of unemployment.  Most people are not so fortunate.  Even the most well-off Americans only have about $164K saved in their retirement accounts [0].  Real wages have been flat for decades [1].  Half of Americans don&#x27;t have $500 in emergency savings [2].<p>My employer has nearly 100 employees; I have one employer.  The job &quot;market&quot; is designed to create information asymmetry between me and my employer that ensures I&#x27;m not getting the best deal I can when negotiating for a job.  I&#x27;m expected to give a reasonable amount of notice before leaving my job, but no such expectation generally exists on the other side of the table.  I can be fired for almost any reason, or no reason.  When I was hired, I had to sign an agreement signing away any right I had to ever sue my employer in court for any reason.<p>Now, even granted that some of these things are not necessarily going to be relevant to my particular situation (<i>e.g.</i> I don&#x27;t really foresee any need to sue my employer, and I don&#x27;t think they&#x27;re going to fire me for no reason at all), what side of the table does the huge majority of the power lie on?<p>[0]: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.cnbc.com&#x2F;2017&#x2F;04&#x2F;07&#x2F;how-much-the-average-family-has-saved-for-retirement-at-every-age.html" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.cnbc.com&#x2F;2017&#x2F;04&#x2F;07&#x2F;how-much-the-average-family-...</a><p>[1]: <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.pewresearch.org&#x2F;fact-tank&#x2F;2014&#x2F;10&#x2F;09&#x2F;for-most-workers-real-wages-have-barely-budged-for-decades&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.pewresearch.org&#x2F;fact-tank&#x2F;2014&#x2F;10&#x2F;09&#x2F;for-most-wor...</a><p>[2]: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.creditdonkey.com&#x2F;average-american-savings-statistics.html#emergency" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.creditdonkey.com&#x2F;average-american-savings-statis...</a>