Originally Posted by
core_dump
In a truly free market, if you don't show up for work I am allowed to fire you and hire someone else willing to do the job.
Exactly. I, therefore, would presume these workers possess a skill-set that takes time to retrain coupled with experience. The market will determine if the remuneration they demand is reasonable.
The obduracy of staff isn't the issue. All areas of the industry subsidising what is essentially a derived demand product, is.