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Question
The statement of position which permits entrances to the work site to be clearly marked for the exclusive use of either a primary employer or neutral, secondary employer and their employees, customers, and suppliers is called the:
a. Reserve gate doctrine.
b. General Electric doctrine.
c. Merged product doctrine.
d. Laidlaw-Fleetwood doctrine.
e. Moore Dry Dock doctrine.
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