Here in Sweden we don't see it as making things harder for employers, but making them act in fairness.
Swedish worker unions sees the success of the business as success of the employees and will help get there for example by fair to both sides collective agreements.
This means for example that unreasonable demands from employees will be blocked, and if the employer needs to cut down employees cannot refuse.
But there is no inherent reason the business itself is the locus of responsibility to the worker (other than obvious things like worker safety on the job.)
Why not, for instance, make the loss of a job be covered by saved union funds that are generated by the union as a whole? The only reason the business is tagged as the responsible party in Europe is historical cruft.
Swedish worker unions sees the success of the business as success of the employees and will help get there for example by fair to both sides collective agreements.
This means for example that unreasonable demands from employees will be blocked, and if the employer needs to cut down employees cannot refuse.