Union Resistance and Labor Market Outcomes
A trade union in a manufacturing firm successfully negotiates a contract that prevents the introduction of new automation technology, which management claims would increase output per worker. Explain the likely effect of this union action on the firm's price-setting curve and the resulting equilibrium real wage, assuming all other factors remain constant.
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