Suppose a Union Successfully Negotiates a Wage Rate for Its

question 25

Multiple Choice

Suppose a union successfully negotiates a wage rate for its members that is above the competitive wage rate, then

• A) employment in the union sector will increase.
• B) the union must find a way to make union workers more productive.
• C) the union must also negotiate a fringe-benefit package that the membership will like.
• D) the union must find a way to ration jobs among the excessive number of workers who wish to work at the negotiated wage.

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Definitions:

Reinforces

Strengthens or supports an idea, behavior, or material structure.

Operant Conditioning Principles

A method of learning that occurs through rewards and punishments for behavior, established by B.F. Skinner, emphasizing the effects of consequences on behavior.

Monitor

To observe and check the progress or quality of something over a period of time; or a device used for observing, checking, or keeping a continuous record of a process or quantity.

Operant Behavior

A behavior that is influenced by the consequences that follow it, such as rewards or punishments, based on the principles of operant conditioning.