Although this is probably correct:
You probably have no real idea how ludicrous it sounds to outsiders when someone who is not prepared to fight their own battles expects someone else to do it for them.
As well as this (but this is happening from the beginning of the mankind, so nothing new here):
It would appear that by acceptance, most of you approve of the exploited labor that builds your villa's and cleans them for you, cleans your car, serves you at Spinneys etc, but when it is your turn to be kicked in the nuts it is unacceptable.
This is not (correct):
The difference is the laws...
So if you are not happy with the laws of your adopted country...
As mentioned before, EK is above Labour law in Dubai (it is not the subject of that law).
When you sign your contract with them you get different impression and they give that impression on purpose to mislead you. The fact is: they can do absolutely everything they want with you and your contract and nobody can do anything to them (including country's ministries, courts and other mechanisms of law enforcement).
So, actually, most of the people don't know that they are signing dummy contracts with EK which are not valid and can not help them in the case they feel tricked and cheated or when their contract is violated.
And here lies the responsibility of those (EK) managers which other airlines' managers do not have: they all know this fact and they all brutally abuse it for personal gain. The ones who refused to abuse it are long gone.