The problem is cerbus, everyone else hopes that everyone else leaves so that they (and a few select others) can reap the rewards. trouble is, no one wants to be the first, and perhaps, the only one to poke their heads over the parapet.
It's why Emirates don't have a union. Yes you may say they're illegal in the UAE, but there's not a lot they could do if you were errr, in Union and decided to act as one. Until that day beatings will continue until morale improves.