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Unemployment in eg the US is fairly low. So you can pick companies which have less stringent non-competes (or non at all).

>>eru+(OP)
When I go back to the US, I pick states by which have limited non-competes.

>>eru+(OP)
Limiting yourself to voting with your wallet/feet, while corporations use every trick in the book, is like trying to win at chess using only pawns.

>>eru+(OP)
Jobs on offer are fewer than number of unemployed.

Therefore jobs are scarce.

Only when there is a vast surplus of jobs will competition do the work. Until then you need regulation.

>>eru+(OP)
Or we could not allow unconscionable contract terms.

>>eru+(OP)
Labor rights shouldn’t be governed by employment metrics.

>>neilwi+X6
And regulators that dont cite "low unemployment" when they raise interest rates.

>>Alchem+P
That's a fair point. Competition between states to attract people (and business) is good.

>>sophac+4F
They actually do, from time to time.