The following two unrelated questions, 9A and 9B pertain to the economics of lab

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The following two unrelated questions, 9A and 9B pertain to the economics of labor:

Question9A.   In the past 20 years, union leaders have been organizing drives to sign up employees of state and local government agencies (police, firefighters, prison guards, etc…) as well as services workers (custodians, hotel and restaurant workers, etc…).  During the same period, union efforts to organize the manufacturing sector have notmet the same level of success as they have in the public services sector.

Can you explain why unions are less successful in organizing the manufacturing industry but more successful with these public agencies and services sector?

Question9B.    When the Washington State legislature was debating a Bill in 2001 that would allow optometrists to administer certain eye-drops during eye exams, 50 ophthalmologists descended on the state Capitol to lobby against the Bill.  The chairman of the state Academy of Ophthalmology told a reporter: "There is no economic advantage one way or the other." The ophthalmologists' sole concern was that, if the Bill became law, "more people will be harmed through inappropriate use of drugs."  (Note: optometrists are not medical doctors, and their training focuses on examining the eye for defects and faults and prescribing correctional lenses).

Explanation / Answer

Q1 is answered below.

Manufacturing sectors have fewer incidences of labor unions because there are less number of employee disagreement cases or less cases of wage differences in manufacturing sector.

However, in case of public agencies and service sector, there is a lot of disagreement among the workers and the owners, which gives rise to the possibility of workers forming a union and fighting for their rights.

This makes unions more successful in public agencies and service sector and less successful in manufacturing sector.

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