Chapter 520: The union gave in
As the workers' strike at AMC became more and more noisy, public opinion began to pay attention to another question: where did Chen Geng go, and what was he doing?
No wonder everyone is so curious, Chen Geng's reaction is really too strange, look at the previous workers' strikes, when the workers went on strike, the capitalists were not in a hurry to get on fire and couldn't sleep?
Even if you Chen Geng is rich and doesn't rely on AMC's income to eat, you can't take money like this, and your people have to eat, right?
At this time when the media in the United States were looking for Chen Geng's movements, Chen Geng's two newspapers: "Chicago Free Press" and "Chicago News" were the first to announce Chen Geng's movements: Our boss went to Mexico to investigate investment and factory construction!
The Chicago Free Press and the Chicago News not only published the details of Chen Geng's trip to Mexico, but also the scene where Chen Geng had a drink with Antonio Pérez Martínez and other officials in Puebla.
In the article, the two newspapers described in detail the purpose of Chen Geng's trip to Mexico: to investigate the investment environment in Mexico, and to prepare to relocate the AMC's assembly workshop and spraying workshop to Mexico.
What the?
Chen Geng is going to move AMC to Mexico?!
Although the two newspapers only said that they would move the assembly workshop and spraying workshop to Mexico, as soon as these two reports came out, they still caused an instant uproar in the entire American public opinion!
Not only did the Chicago Free Press and the Chicago News see their sales climb and soar, but the entire U.S. also quickly began to have a big discussion about it: Why did Fernandez Chan consider moving his factory to Mexico?
Isn't this a louse on the bald man's head, an obvious thing, and Fernandez Chen responded strongly to the workers' strike organized by the trade union in this way: Lao Tzu will never compromise!
He would rather suffer high strike losses and move his factory to Mexico than agree to the union's demands for a wage increase.
The entire American society is hotly discussing Chen Geng's approach, some are in favor of it, some are against, and some are calmers who want Fernandez Chen to think carefully, but none of them think that this situation is impossible - Ford Motors, Chrysler Motors, and General Motors have already set up factories in Mexico, and it is not surprising that there is one more AMC, right?
And there is no doubt that as Chen Geng's trip to Mexico quickly became known in the United States, the AMC Auto Workers Union and AMC workers also knew about it, and then ......
They freaked out.
In particular, the AMC auto workers' union is even more panicked, and they are afraid that even if Chen Geng only moves the assembly workshop to Mexico, it will mean that at least two or three thousand people will lose their jobs.
The problem is that the two or three thousand people who are about to lose their jobs actually don't have to be unemployed, and these unemployed workers in the assembly workshop will vent their anger on the unions, and they will think that the reason why they are unemployed is because the damn unions are making trouble, and if the unions don't make trouble in the first place, they won't be unemployed, and they can still live happily with a salary of nearly $1,300 a month...... At that point, the two or three thousand workers in the assembly workshop who became angry because of unemployment would definitely tear themselves to pieces.
It is precisely because of this understanding that the atmosphere in the huge trade union conference room is as depressing and dull as a morgue......
"Chief, Fernández ...... You don't really plan to move the factory to Mexico, do you?" finally broke the silence and asked George Walker in a low voice.
George Walker's heart was actually panicked, but what could he do at this time? He could only continue to pretend and say in a resolute and firm tone: "Impossible! Fernandez is playing tricks. ”
Well?
Hearing George Walker's words, all the leaders of the union subconsciously raised their heads to look at their boss, and the one who asked was even more excited, and hurriedly said, "Boss, what do you say?"
George Walker tried to pretend to be "don't panic, everything is in Lao Tzu's control": "You idiots, haven't you calculated that if it is really like what the newspaper says, he Fernandez Chen will move the assembly workshop and spraying workshop to Mexico, not to mention how much it will cost, how long will it take to build the factory alone?"
Without waiting for everyone to speak, he said two fingers: "At least two years! at least two years, plus at least hundreds of millions of dollars." With so much money and so much time, isn't he Fernandez distressed?"
That's right.
The eyes of the union bosses lit up.
They are different from ordinary workers, as a group of capitalists who deal with them all day long, the needs of "business" force them to learn things like the composition of enterprise operating costs, although they may not know how deep, but the main cost composition of an automobile production plant is roughly composed of which parts, this is known, just like their own boss said, Fernandez · Chen moved AMC's assembly workshop and spraying workshop to Mexico, which is not completely impossible, but with almost 200 million funds in two years, can he Chen Geng throw it into the water without feeling distressed at all and without blinking his eyelids?
No way!
"I see!" The one who spoke slapped the table and shouted excitedly, "The reason why Fernandez is doing this is to put pressure on our union!"
"He just wants to tell those fools that you are not irreplaceable, you better give me an honest way back to work, if you are disobedient, Lao Tzu can be replaced to work. ”
"Not only that, but Fernandez also wants to put pressure on our union by borrowing the hands of the workers. ”
"That's right, if we scare ourselves first, it's all over!"
"It's still the boss......
............
With their own lives, these union guys felt that they had guessed Chen Geng's mind.
"That's right!"
Seeing the reaction of his subordinates, George Walker finally breathed a sigh of relief, he waved his fist and shouted viciously: "As long as we can stabilize ourselves and tell the workers about Fernandez's conspiracy, Fernandez must be the first to surrender!"
"That's right!"
"Our union will never surrender!"
A group of subordinates were shouting slogans and hypnotizing themselves, as if they had forced Chen Geng to bow his head...... It's not good if you don't hypnosis yourself, the big guy has taken so much money from Big George back and forth, and the wealth is touching, who is willing to spit out the money at this time? There is no way, only to follow George Walker all the way to the dark.
Seeing the reaction of his subordinates, George Walker breathed a sigh of relief: he finally managed to maintain the team for the time being.
To be honest, he didn't really pay much attention to Chen Geng before, what if you Fernandez Chen are a billionaire? Isn't the former boss of AMC, Roy Jr, not a billionaire worth hundreds of millions of dollars, but he is still being played with by himself? But now that things have developed, he is really a little scared: this bastard, he is a bit out of common sense.
Thinking about the conditions of the mysterious man, George Walker was going to leave a way out for himself......
"Brothers, brothers," George Walker pressed his hands down at the thought of this, "Listen to me first, listen to me first......
We have to admit that we overlooked one point before, that is, Fernandez Chan and Roy Jr are really different, because this guy has other industries besides AMC, so we can't treat him like we treat Roy Jr, if we really mess with this guy, this guy may really let AMC go out of business...... I know, Wilson, I know what you're trying to say, are you trying to say, 'He won't do this unless he's crazy'?
Hear me out first, OK?
I believe that no capitalist is willing to lose such a large amount of property, but we must also understand that without AMC, Fernandez Chen is still a billionaire, but if AMC is finished, we will also be finished, isn't that the truth?
Now, there are no irrelevant people here, so I might as well make it clear: our strike was not meant to raise the wages of the idiots out there, so it's time to find a decent way to end it. ”
That's right!
After listening to George Walker's words, the people in this room reacted: Nima! This time is too deep in the play, and it is really because this strike is to raise the wages of those stupid workers outside, why did we strike in the first place? Not for money, now that the money is in hand, then we are going to quit the work now...... The boss is powerful, worthy of being the boss!
Seeing the reaction of everyone, George Walker breathed a sigh of relief, he was really afraid that his subordinates would have a hot head and were ready to continue the strike. In order to prevent long nights and dreams, he hurriedly said: "Very good, it seems that everyone has understood what I mean, so, please come to the media, let's say that the union is also aware of the lack of some consideration in the previous salary increase requirements, after careful consideration by the trade union, in full consideration of the company's actual conditions, we are willing to take the initiative to reduce the increase in daily wages to 20%, hoping to be able to have good communication with the employer."
Well, in that case, the pressure is all on Fernandez, and if we reduce the salary increase to 20%, Fernandez won't talk to us, hehe......"
"Hey, hey, hey......"
The gang of bastards in the union all laughed wickedly.
The boss is right, in the past, we asked for a 100% or 50% salary increase, and it was understandable that you would not respond, but now we only ask for a 20% salary increase, and even if this range is still discussed, if you Fernandez Chen still refuses to talk to us, you can definitely bear the overwhelming scolding at that time?
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PS: I was busy until more than three o'clock in the afternoon before I got home, similar to an even, sorry brothers, I guess I can't do it three times today, and the 4000 words I owe you yesterday will only be repaid tomorrow.