Homework Help: economics

Posted by anonymous on Thursday, April 23, 2009 at 8:38pm.

Please help.
Can anyone give me a couple of examples of political activites that the union can pursue to manipulate the firm's elasticity of labor demand using Marshalls rules of derived demand.

economics - economyst, Friday, April 24, 2009 at 1:06pm
Unions have been effective in affecting legislation regarding:
1) worker safety
2) worker conditions
3) number of workable hours in a week
4) notification requirement before layoffs
5) minimum wages
6) etc.

Each of these has an impact on the level and elasticity in the demand for labor.

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