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Union's Bargaining Power: The Threat of a Strike
A union's bargaining power is fundamentally derived from its ability to withhold labor from the firm through a strike. The effectiveness of this power, and thus the union's bargaining strength, increases if it can successfully prevent the employer from hiring other workers to continue operations during the strike.
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