Nutco is a$$ cashew$-$processing firm that operates in the developing country of Ecotopia. After procuring raw cashews from farms around the$$ country, Nutco processes them using a$$ labor$-$intensive method. The workers at Nutco recently demanded a $20$ percent increase in their overtime wage rate. All members of$$ Nutco's labor$$ union, which was a substantial proportion of the$$ company's labor$$ force, went on an unannounced strike when the management only agreed to a $5$ percent hike. During negotiations that$$ followed, the management informed the union leader that this was a$$ take$-$it$-$or$-$leave$-$it offer. The union leader was not convinced and declared that the workers would not come back to work unless their demands were fully met. Kurt$$ Whitman, Nutco's human resources$$ manager, however thinks that the strike will end soon because of the$$ company's strong stand.