In the competitive electrical motor industry, the workers at Galt Inc. threaten to go on strike. To avoid the strike, Galt Inc. agrees to pay its workers more. At all other factories, the wage remains the same. What does this do to the marginal cost curve at Galt Inc.? Does it rise, does it fall, or is there no change?

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