“Prove you are worth and you will not be fired. Being fired means somebody can do business without you... and perform even better.”
You must mean the $50 mil a year hired hand CEO that has a contract that protects him/her from being fired for gross incompetence and major shareholder loss. Carly Fiorina comes to mind immediately. Every CEO should be an “at will” employee subject to an annual vote from shareholders and not cronies on the BOD.
As long as CEOs are making mega dollars with special gold plated diamond encrusted contracts that protect them from everything and while rewarding incompetence, why are we hammering average Joes looking for a little security too? I don’t have a problem with private sector unions. I do with public unions because they are used by politicians against taxpayers. In the construction industry the unions with their experience and OJT actually provide an element of proficiency. You don’t see buildings in the USA collapsing like you do in third world countries.
What we need is a nation with fewer oligarchs and a stronger middle class that will serve to politically protect all of our rights against tyrants. Don’t depend on oligarchs to protect your rights. They’d take your 2nd Amendment rights in an instant.
“Every CEO should be an “at will” employee subject to an annual vote from shareholders and not cronies on the BOD.”
Who do you think elects the “cronies on the BOD”? Besides, CEOs are worth their value or else the companies would not be worth billions (increasing stockholders’ value).