A union may attempt to obtain stricter certification requirements or longer apprenticeships. These changes would raise workers' wages because they:

a. create unnecessary unemployment.
b. shift in labor supply curve leftward.
c. decrease the marginal product of labor.
d. reduce management's use of featherbedding.


b

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