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20. For a local government to outlaw all strikes by its workers is a costly mistake, because all its labor disputes must then be settled by binding arbitration, without any negotiated public-sector labor settlements guiding the arbitrators. Strikes should be outlawed only for categories of public-sector workers for whose services no acceptable substitute exists.
The statements above best support which of the following conclusions?
(A) Where public-service workers are permitted to strike, contract negotiations with those workers are typically settled without a strike.
(B) Where strikes by all categories of pubic-sector workers are outlawed, no acceptable substitutes for the services provided by any of those workers are available.
(C) Binding arbitration tends to be more advantageous for public-service workers where it is the only available means of settling labor disputes with such workers.
(D) Most categories of public-sector workers have no counterparts in the private sector.
(E) A strike by workers in a local government is unlikely to be settled without help from an arbitrator.
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02 Nov 2005, 17:43

I'm awful at these but I like C in this case.

The passage states that it would be costly for a local government to disallow the striking rights of public sector workers because there is no governmental entity involved in the binding arbitration process. This suggests that there is better representation on the public workers side creating an advantage in arbitration process.....please God be right :roll:

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02 Nov 2005, 20:04

I vote for C.

A - Out of scope. Contract negotiations??
B - Incorrect. This only a suggestion in the argument.
C - Costly mistake for local goverment.Hence correct.
D - Incorrect. Argument is not talking og the public sector
E - Incorrect. Assumes that the local goverment has already outlawed the strikes.

What is the OA??

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03 Nov 2005, 20:23

Are we going to get an answer for this?

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03 Nov 2005, 23:25

a) Out of scope
b)
c) No
d) Out of scope
e) Out of scope

Best answer is B. The stimulus concludes that strikes should be outlawed for public sector workers who have no substitutes. The extension to this conclusion is B.

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03 Nov 2005, 23:30

Between A and B for me
I would go for A

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03 Nov 2005, 23:31

double post..sorry

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04 Nov 2005, 02:21

I would go for C

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04 Nov 2005, 09:50

C

"Costly Mistake" is the key here. It means that the other party benefits.

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04 Nov 2005, 22:19

good job once again OA is C.
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