The first argument is familiar from our previous examination of the free market approach. It claims that employers and employees should be left alone to bargain individually over the conditions of work. Employees who desire due process protection should be free to bargain for it and should be willing to give up something, presumably wages, in return. Employees who prefer higher wages should be free to forgo the job security that due process provides. A competitive labor market will eventually find an equilibrium point where each employee gets as much job security and wages as he or she decides.