"What, if you want us to quit the union, we can't do it!"

At one of GM's assembly plants, manager Michael Lyons gathered all the workers together and announced the order from headquarters, but as soon as he finished speaking, the workers in the audience objected.

"I'm saying again, the union has affected GM's development, and the company is doing this to survive, to continue to be able to provide jobs for everyone, and I guarantee that everyone's salary and benefits will not change. ”

"Why do you survive to exploit us!"

"Yes, we don't!"

"No!"

Thousands of workers shouted that they were reluctant to leave the union, that they had such good benefits because the union had earned them, and that the union had promised them better wages and benefits, at least 5 percent higher than their current salary, and that they would pay $16 a day more, and that no one would want to leave the union at this time.

"I'm saying it again, you only have two choices, either leave the union or leave the company. ”

Michael Lyons left the workshop regardless of the angry workers, these workers have one or two months to expire in their contracts, and when the time comes, they are all dismissed if they are unwilling to leave the union, and there is no need to raise a group of uncles.

With the announcement of the headquarters at GM's factories, the workers, led by the UAW, stopped going to work and began a collective strike, this time the strike was unprecedented, more than 60 factories were suspended, and more than 200,000 people participated in the strike, which the UAW hoped to make GM give in.

And the UAW also decided to sue GM in court for discrimination against union members.

Only this time GM won't budge. Labor costs have reached the point where GM is overwhelmed, so there are not many options for GM, either to stay in shape, to compromise on chronic suicide, or to move to Alaska to be reborn.

How to choose GM depends on the workers, and the choice is in the hands of the workers.

On the other hand, workers in the six factories that had previously gone on strike were notified one after another, but instead of a 5% wage increase, they were notified of the closure of the factories, and more than 20,000 workers became unemployed for a while.

"What to do, the factory is closed, we are unemployed!"

"Let's go, go to the factory, and ask them for an explanation!"

The workers who received the notice rushed to the factory, and when they arrived, they had already seen the people sent by GM disassembling the equipment, and when they saw this scene, the workers knew that GM was not scaring themselves, but really wanted to close the factory.

"You can't fire us!"

"Yes, you can't fire us!"

"We've been working for so many years, you can't just fire us!"

Workers are not striking because they want to leave GM, but because they want to raise their wages.

The factory manager heard the workers' voices and then came out to explain.

"The factory can't make ends meet anymore, so it can only be closed, but everyone can rest assured that we will not lose any compensation that should be given!

The manager then left, leaving behind a group of angry workers.

Then after the police arrived, the workers also left one after another, it was useless to make trouble, the factory fired the workers when the contract expired, this is legal, and the factory also promised to give compensation, they can't sue the factory anywhere, and the best way now is to go to find the next home.

But there are very few jobs available in Detroit, GM is now shut down, the auto industry is sluggish due to rising oil prices, and other car companies are hiring people.

…………

When Dennis Archer came out of the town hall, he saw more people striking on the way to GM, the road was full of workers, it seemed that there were more than 20,000 people, and the situation was getting worse and worse, and he had to solve the matter as soon as possible.

Arriving at GM headquarters, Dennis Archer met John Smith in the president's office.

"Hello Mayor Archer!"

"Hello President Smith, hello!"

Dennis Archer had a smile on his face and shook hands with John Smith kindly, although he is a magistrate, but John Smith is the God of Wealth, not to mention him as the mayor, even the governor and the president have to be polite to John Smith, to put it ugly, Detroit is bankrupt The federal government will not come up with a dime to bail out, but if GM goes bankrupt, the federal government will definitely come up with money to bail out. There are not many companies that can make the federal government come up with money to bail out, although GM is a car company, although it does not make much money, but it involves a lot of industries, steel, machinery, rubber, petrochemicals, electronics, textiles, glass, insurance, finance, sales, ...... The length of the industrial chain is incomparable to many industries.

Therefore, if GM goes bankrupt, these industries will not have a good time, a million people will be affected, government tax revenue will be reduced by more than 100 billion, and the GDP of the entire country will drop by 0.3%, and Detroit may go bankrupt directly.

The two exchanged greetings, and John Smith asked Dennis Archer to sit down and ordered his secretary to bring two cups of coffee. "Mayor Archer visited, I don't know if there is anything I need help with?"

"I heard from the president of the UAW that GM is moving out of Detroit?" said Dennis Archer.

"Some of the factories will be moving to Alaska!" replied John Smith. You can't hide it.

"Can't you stay? GM's departure would hurt the city of Detroit a lot!"

"We also wanted to stay, but the UAW was too greedy and our cost was too high, so we had to leave!"

"Can't you two take a step back from each other? ”

"We are willing to quit, as long as the UAW promises not to increase benefits for 20 years, we are very willing to stay, but the UAW is unlikely to agree. ”

"President Smith, it's too difficult for a strong person not to increase benefits for 20 years!"

"Mayor Archer, the monthly salary of our general workers is $11,040, and the annual salary is $132,480, which exceeds the income line of the American middle class, and even after 20 years, such income will still belong to the middle class, exceeding the income of the vast majority of people. ”

"I know, but you also have to think about the workers, what will happen to the workers when you leave, what will happen to their families?"

"So we gave the workers a chance, and those who were willing to leave the UAW and continue to come back to work, and those who were unwilling had to be dismissed. As for how the workers are chosen, it is up to them. ”

"Okay!"

Dennis Archer nodded helplessly, the government has no right to ask the company to stay, where the company is willing to set up a factory is the right of the company, the only thing he can do is to persuade.