Use the Information Below to Answer the Following Questions

question 91

Multiple Choice

Use the information below to answer the following questions.
Fact 18.3.1 In Modern Rarity, Workers Form Union at Small Chain
In New York's low-income neighbourhoods, labour unions have virtually no presence. But after a year-long struggle, 95 workers at a chain of 10 sneaker stores have formed a union. After months of negotiations, the two sides signed a three-year contract that sets the wage rate at $7.25 an hour.
Source: The New York Times, February 5, 2006
-Refer to Fact 18.3.1. The union can try to increase the demand for labour by doing all of the following except

• A)supporting more immigration and increasing the number of low-skilled workers in New York.
• B)supporting minimum wage laws.
• C)supporting "buy-American" policies.
• D)creating training programs to boost productivity.
• E)encouraging people to buy goods produced by union labour.

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Definitions:

Short-Run Aggregate Supply Curve

A graphical representation showing how the total production of goods and services in an economy varies with changes in the price level in the short term.

Actual Price Level

The current index of prices for goods and services in an economy, reflecting the purchasing power of money at a specific point in time.

Long Run

A period in economics in which all factors of production and costs are variable, allowing full adjustment to changes.

Real Wages

Wages adjusted for inflation, representing the purchasing power of income earned through work.