Workers as "free agents"

I thought it was interesting, the way the author compared low wage workers to free agents. If low-wage workers were compared to free agent athletes, they would be the backups, bench-warmers, and bullpen catchers of the work force, taking the first deal at the first employer who offered. They are told the amount of money they can make; there is no haggling. Scott Boras won't be negotiating better contracts for these men and women. There aren't scouts and experts watching every single move of every single one of their shifts to determine how much they are worth. No one will be phoning them or their agents about a new, better deal that awaits them if they would only accept it. Many times, low-wage workers don't have the option of rejecting one job offer in hopes that a better one will come along. The hourly wage offered to them is the one they are going to get.

I never considered low-wage workers as free agents. But low-wage workers really aren't treated anything like free agents... no wonder the thought never crossed my mind.