I have worked for ESOP operations before and you get all the benefits of working for a company, because it is a company, but it's owned by the people that work there, not shareholders or a singular owner. So when the business does we'll everyone makes more money.
The company is and always has been the means of production. Shared distribution of the profits of a company, no owner taking it all and distributing wages.
I bet a couple dead goons would convince the rest to find safer employment. They do that job because they know there's very little risk protecting some rich asshole
Just use a couple dabs of hot glue, or blue tack.