Your quote makes my point:

• he's an executive
• one of the few to who this has ever happened
• they aren't retaining the talent at the company, just its ability to go somewhere else. (They are still paid)

That's exactly what I said in my comment. They're thrown out for regular joes because it's too aggressive, we don't take money from multiple companies while not working there. Execs take garden leave that can keep going for years, they tend to want to keep them locked in during that time.

You still don't have the right to work or unions, but we're going to extend executive's ability to make money from multiple companies at the same time? This is only passing because it affects mostly the wealthy. It never held power for the average employee.