Firms with Union Contracts Do a Large Portion of the Painting

question 19

Multiple Choice

Firms with union contracts do a large portion of the painting jobs in the county.If the painters' union wins a 12 percent wage increase,what will most likely happen in the non-unionized part of the painters' labor market?

• A) Nonunion painters will also get 12 percent wage increases.
• B) There will be no change in the nonunionized part of the painters' labor market because these sectors are not connected.
• C) Wage rates in the nonunion sector are likely to fall.
• D) Many nonunion painters will likely find work for a firm with a union contract.

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