contract. In response, you consider options that will help you gain the upper hand once contract negotiations begin. Which option can you NOT use?

a$.$ Instructing your workers to "slow down" while assisting customers.

b$.$ Stationing "informational pickets" outside the stores during working hours, informing customers of the anticipated impasse.

c$.$ Placing ads in the local paper seeking public support should a strike occur.

d$.$ Announcing a lockout and telling workers they should not report to work.