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To assure the unions do not make a counteroffer, the board has provided workers with outstanding benefits.

To assure that the unions do not make a counteroffer, the board has provided workers with outstanding benefits.

The verb "assure" idiomatically takes a "that"-clause. The word "that" may be omitted in colloquial English, but in the formal environment of the GMAT, the word "that" always must be included.

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