Actually its the other way around. Just how are the workers in control right now?
Why should the workers be in control? They're the ones who lack the knowledge and/or the motivation to earn more than minimum wage.

Anyway, in a free society, businesses aren't in control either. A business can only survive as long as people are willing to work for it and other people are willing to buy its product.
Also, one thing people like to ignore: a business is a piece of property, owned by, obviously, the owner. The workers didn't have the ability or the resources to start that business, so they work for someone who has. An individual typical worker is expendable; the owner and/or manager (when they're different people, the owner has the resources and the manager has the ability).