Authentic laissez-faire does not deny the existence of class struggle, nor does it attempt to forcefully stomp it out. Employers and laborers have mutual interests as well as divergent interests. Workers have a right to collectively petition their employers for alterations to the conditions of their employment through the vehicle of the independent labor union. Such labor advocacy was the norm under the policy of collective laissez-faire and it was under this arrangement that workers' achieved their biggest historical gains, namely the 8-hour workday and the 5-day workweek.