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Firm's Profit Share and Worker Wages
Analyze the following scenario and determine the financial impact on a worker's daily earnings. A manufacturing firm's output is valued at $250 per worker per day. The firm's management implements a new policy that increases the portion of this output value retained as profit from 20% to 28%. A labor union representative claims this policy directly reduces the amount of money workers take home each day. Is the representative's claim quantitatively correct? Justify your answer with calculations.
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