Union proponents have suggested strengthening U.S. labor laws in all of the following ways except: Streamlining or shortening the certification election process Requiring workplaces to use an "opt out" approach to unionization rather than an "opt in" approach (i.e., all workers would be unionized unless the majority voted against it) Expanding NLRA coverage to supervisors Prohibiting the use of performance strike replacements

Union proponents have suggested strengthening U.S. labor laws in all of the following ways except: Streamlining or shortening the certification election process Requiring workplaces to use an "opt out" approach to unionization rather than an "opt in" approach (i.e., all workers would be unionized unless the majority voted against it) Expanding NLRA coverage to supervisors Prohibiting the use of performance strike replacements

ENGR.ECONOMIC ANALYSIS

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Chapter1: Making Economics Decisions

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