price that varies from $3.00 to $3.80 per kg.29 By contrast, cultivated ligno-cellulosic ï¬bers usually have costs that are about one order of magnitude lower. For example, in Brazil, the export FOB price of piassava ï¬bers is $0.37, curaua ï¬ber, $0.44, and sponge-gourd, $0.60 per kg. 7 It is also worth mentioning that
Factors Which increase Bargaining power for workers. 1  Unique skills and qualifications. 2  A worker with more unique skills will have a greater impact on wage determination. 3  A professional footballer can command a high wage because his ability can make a huge difference to the earning power of the club.
Despite the greater power of employers, sometimes workers are able to form unions and win contracts for two reasons. First, protests and strikes by workers in some occupations succeed because the replacement costs for bringing in strikebreakers and replacement workers are very high (Kimeldorf 1999; 2013).