7-30 Analysis of Labor The City of San Francisco has a maintenance shop where all kinds of truck repairs are performed. Through the years, various labor standards have been developed to judge performance. However, during a:

March strike, some labor records vanished. The actual hours of input were 2,000. The direct-labor flexible-budget variance was $1,500, favorable. The standard labor price was $7.00 per hour; however, a recent labor shortage had necessitated using higher-paid workers for some jobs and had produced a labor-price variance for March of $600, unfavorable.