to the higher labor costs.

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Suppose that a car factory initially hires 1,600 workers at $20 per hour and that each worker works 40 hours per week. Then the factory unionizes, and the new union demands that wages be raised by 25 percent. The firm accedes to that request in collective bargaining negotiations but then decides to cut the factory’s labor force by 30 percent due to the higher labor costs.  

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