Unions are better able to protect wages and other conditions because they can rely on digital strength, combined with the ability to underpin their bargaining position with the threat of union action. This helps to compensate for the inequality of bargaining power in the employment relationship. In contrast, individual employees generally do not have the power to oppose lower wages, especially in a market where other quality jobs are hard to find. Employers are legally obliged to negotiate in good faith with their employees` representative and to sign any collective agreement obtained. This obligation entails many obligations, including the obligation not to make certain changes without negotiation with the union and not to bypass the union and to negotiate directly with the workers it has masked. These examples hardly scratch the surface.