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Goswami: I support the striking workers at Erogon Foods. [#permalink] New post   23 May 2010, 05:56
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Goswami: I support the striking workers at Erogon Foods. They are underpaid. The majority of them make less than $20,000 per year.

Nordecki: If pay is the issue, I must disagree. The average annual salary of the striking workers at Ergon Foods is over $29,000.

Goswami and Nordecki disagree over the truth of which one of hte following statements?

a) the average annual salary at Ergon Foods is over $29,000.

b) Pay is the primary issue over which the workers are striking at Ergon Foods.

c) It is reasonable to support striking workers who are underpaid

d) The striking workers at Ergon Foods are underpaid

e) It was unreasonable for the workers at Ergon Foods to go on strike
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Re: Goswami: I support the striking workers at Erogon Foods. [#permalink] New post   25 May 2010, 18:46
you guys must be right because I thought about some workers getting paid too high and some getting paid too low...so the average is 29000...but i could not relate option (D) to that.....

my pick is (E).
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Re: Goswami: I support the striking workers at Erogon Foods. [#permalink] New post   30 Jul 2010, 00:01
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compare C and D.
C : support the striking workers ------>G(agree) N(no stance)
D : workers are underpaid ----------->G(agree) N(disagree)
D it is.
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Re: Goswami: I support the striking workers at Erogon Foods. [#permalink] New post   30 Jul 2010, 06:11
vote for D as well. Can u please share the OA ?
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Re: Goswami: I support the striking workers at Erogon Foods. [#permalink] New post   24 Sep 2010, 01:28
D

Similar to the reasons explained above. What is the source? OA?
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Re: Goswami: I support the striking workers at Erogon Foods. [#permalink] New post   24 Sep 2010, 02:30
Seems the question posted in May long back.I too go with D
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Re: Goswami: I support the striking workers at Erogon Foods. [#permalink] New post   24 Sep 2010, 19:42
D for me with same reasoning as nverma.
OA?
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Re: Goswami: I support the striking workers at Erogon Foods. [#permalink] New post   12 Mar 2012, 05:10
i checked the OA and it is D indeed.
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Re: Goswami: I support the striking workers at Erogon Foods. [#permalink] New post   12 Mar 2012, 06:17
Why is Goswami featuring on GMAT questions? :P

Between A and D, I picked D over A because A talks about entire Ergon Foods rather than just the striking workers which is the scope of this passage. The rest are pretty easy to eliminate.
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Re: Goswami: I support the striking workers at Erogon Foods. [#permalink] New post   15 Mar 2012, 04:11
d IS THE BEST HERE among other choices.
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Re: Goswami: I support the striking workers at Erogon Foods. [#permalink] New post   05 Jun 2019, 12:07
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Re: Goswami: I support the striking workers at Erogon Foods. [#permalink] New post   08 Jun 2019, 02:05
They are disagreeing over average wage as well .
So what would be the logic behind elliminating A !!

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Re: Goswami: I support the striking workers at Erogon Foods. [#permalink] New post   08 Jun 2019, 03:13
Hi putul22

It is quite right to get confused between A and D. But then how to eliminate one of them. In such scenarios, I would ask you to pay more attention to words both in premises and in option choices.

Now, Goswami says that the majority of them make less than 20,000$. therefore, they are underpaid.

But then Nordecki says that the average annual salary is 29,000$. therefore, he disagrees.

So, both are not talking about average salary as clearly, Goswami is not talking about it. So, we are left with Choice D.

Let me know if it helps.
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Re: Goswami: I support the striking workers at Erogon Foods. [#permalink] New post   13 Sep 2021, 11:31
I got consfused between B and D. please help.
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Re: Goswami: I support the striking workers at Erogon Foods. [#permalink] New post   13 Sep 2021, 11:51
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I got consfused between B and D. please help.

b) Pay is the primary issue over which the workers are striking at Ergon Foods.

A very obvious give away is the usage of the word "primary". Nowhere it is mentioned in the passage that pay is the PRIMARY issue. Goswami believes they are underpaid whereas Nordecki does not. So pay is definitely one issue, but whether it is the primary issue is not the topic of disagreement.

Hope this helps.
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