Unions can play a vital role in improving working conditions for workers in a globalized economy. (i) From the Bowe’s readings, please describe two ways unions can improve working conditions in the agricultural industry.

(ii) In your research on agricultural workers what realities of their lives you found most disturbing about their working conditions. Please be specific and cite your source.

(iii) Please identify two reasons agricultural workers leave their homeland to work in the fields of American agricultural for low pay. Is it possible that free market competition benefits big corporations and undermine local farmers in Mexico?

(iv) Please explain the how the working conditions described in Bowe’s book related to trade policy like (NAFTA).

Harmon inc. produces joint products l, m, and n from a joint process. information concerning a batch produced in may at a joint cost of $75,000 was as follows:

German brothels recently began offering a monthly subscription service for multiple purchasers. if you thought that the brothels' encouragement of prostitution was immoral to begin with, would you consider this pricing plan to be even more immoral? suppose a particular patron at a german brothel has the following willingness-to-pay schedule for services at the brothel, per session. session willingness to pay 1st $84 2nd $72 3rd $60 4th $48 5th $36 6th $24 suppose this consumer would not demand any more sessions, even for free. also assume that the marginal cost to the brothel, per session, is constant at $12. at a price of $78.00 per session, the number of sessions demanded by this consumer would be . at this price and quantity, consumer surplus is $ and producer surplus is $ . suppose the brothel has devised a new pricing scheme for consumers who demand more than 1 session. this pricing scheme is a subscription service, whereby consumers can pay a flat fee of $259.20 and can have up to 6 sessions total. using this subscription pricing model, this consumer would demand sessions. under this scenario, consumer surplus is $ and producer surplus is $ . (hint: for consumer surplus, consider how much total value the consumer places on all sessions, versus the total price paid.)

Which is not true of birthday and/or annual review automatics? a. the purpose is to trigger a telephone call for a face-to-face meeting.b. quarterly automatic contacts decrease cross-sales and lead to reduced referrals.c. you are expected to stay in touch with all your active prospects and clients through two personal contacts each year?