Productivity, Power, and Pay
Imagine two factories, Factory A and Factory B, producing the same product. Both factories implement a new technology that doubles each worker's output per hour. The workers in Factory A are represented by a strong collective bargaining unit. The workers in Factory B are not organized, and there is high local unemployment for their skill set. Analyze why the real wages for workers in Factory A are more likely to rise significantly, while wages in Factory B may see little to no increase, despite the identical gains in productivity.
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