Suppose that the demand for labor decreases due to an economic downturn, and union workers are in the first year of a 3-year labor contract
With respect to these union laborers, the economic downturn will most likely ________ the nominal wage and ________ the quantity of labor hired. A) decrease; not change
B) decrease; decrease
C) not change; decrease
D) not change; not change
C
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