Say the average increase in pay for non-union workers in 2011 is 2% across the U.S. If a workers' union successfully negotiates a 3-year collective agreement that provides a 4.5% raise in 2011, and a 4.3% raise in 2013, then the for-profit employer will typically   Question 42 options:   begin to fire its older union workers.   replace union workers with non-union workers.   curtail expansion of labor as a trade-off.   replace union workers with foreign workers.

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Say the average increase in pay for non-union workers in 2011 is 2% across the U.S. If a workers' union successfully negotiates a 3-year collective agreement that provides a 4.5% raise in 2011, and a 4.3% raise in 2013, then the for-profit employer will typically
 

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begin to fire its older union workers.
 
replace union workers with non-union workers.
 
curtail expansion of labor as a trade-off.
 
replace union workers with foreign workers.
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