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RE: about conflicts between employers, labor union and the state.
Unions without government enforcement will only work if public opinion is in favor of them. If a business fires all of its employees because they form a union, then I believe most of the public would discontinue their business there, so there's plenty of incentive for a company to negotiate with a union. Also, happier employees who feel they have a say tend to work harder, thus making the business more money.
But it happens that some countries allow companies to demand greater labor exploitation without guaranteeing the worker a better quality of life or that the worker perceives a specific right that dignifies it. When this happens, protests by workers who demand a better quality of life increase. In this case, a state that supports initiatives to benefit the business sector, the state will resort to the monopoly of force to suppress and fragment the protests.