Basically agree, but what we're increasingly facing in the US is growing barriers to entry to compete with behemoths in the form of an increasingly complex tax and regulatory structure which just isn't compatible with free market principles still applying to how those behemoths treat employees.
In short, we have quasi state-sanctioned hegemons that have undue negotiating power.
There are two solutions: nerf the barriers or buff the workers through more targeted regulation. There's no single regulatory body that can do the former, so the only option left is the latter.
Totally agree. If the problem under consideration is "corporate behemoths", then this is just nibbling at the edges. Which is better than nothing, but we can/should do much more.
But, if the problem is the much smaller/simpler "remove barriers to job changes", this is a pretty significant change in policy. Not as significant as divorcing medical coverage from employment, but still pretty big.
In short, we have quasi state-sanctioned hegemons that have undue negotiating power.
There are two solutions: nerf the barriers or buff the workers through more targeted regulation. There's no single regulatory body that can do the former, so the only option left is the latter.