During the negotiations for a new contract with Global Dynamics, the leaders of the Communication Workers of America union take a strike vote. What is their rationale for calling a strike vote before either side has rejected a contract?

$$ a$.$ This vote reveals whether CWA members are willing to strike if a new contract is not ready before the old one expires.

b$.$ This vote determines if the CWA members will immediately go on strike and refuse to work again until a new contract is negotiated.

c$.$ The strike vote determines whether the union members are in favor of firing the company's management.

d$.$ This vote is devised solely to frighten both managers and the labor union leaders and serves no real purpose.

e$.$ It is a vote to determine if the union members wish to strike the old contract in favor of the new contract.

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