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Part IV: Business and Society

employers with regard to wages, bonus, hours of work, leave

and other conditions of employment, the latter always seems

to have an upper hand since they have the resources and can

easily withstand the pressure from the other side. Workers, on

the other hand, stand to lose in case the employers refuse to

concede to their demands and are willing to shut down their

businesses as a last resort. Thus, governments try to protect

workers in collective bargaining and have put in place laws,

regulations and dispute settlement structures to safeguard the

interests of workers, who may constitute a large chunk of

their parties’ vote banks.

There are certain practices which are considered unfair when

they are repugnant ...