Why did unions have more power than individual workers to improve conditions? A. Unions had the approval of the courts and the public. B. Owners respected unions and were happy to negotiate with them. C. One worker could be fired easily, but a whole group could not. D. Individual workers rarely knew what to ask for or how to ask.

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Why did unions have more power than individual workers to improve conditions? A. Unions had the approval of the courts and the public. B. Owners respected unions and were happy to negotiate with them. C. One worker could be fired easily, but a whole group could not. D. Individual workers rarely knew what to ask for or how to ask.

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Unions have more power than individual workers to improve conditions because C) one worker could be fired easily, but a whole group could not. Unions have collective bargaining power and the ability represent greater collective power than an individual worker.