I never argued the company has all the power. No one entity does. Power is struggled for and fought over. Pen being mightier then sword, therefore tactics are less heavyhanded then they have been in the past (when big business would have had cops and judges in back pocket and organizers would disappear ( like the Blair Mountain strike (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Blair_Mountain)).

But to back off and suggest that free market can sort everything out is simply naive and ignorant.

I actually don't believe unions are all that necessary in the 21rst century. Many should be dismantled and disorganized because they impede good production, fair competition, etc.

Still the reason that unions are born in the first place is because the free market has a shitty reputation for sorting things out. The free market needs teethers just like free people. Otherwise there is chaos.