Chapter 132, Railway Unions
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Under the iron fist of the big conglomerates, those underworld organizations that usually sit on rockets and coax are almost swept away in a very short period of time. Those who narrowly escaped were also wanted by the state government with a bounty. With Scrooge's support, some of the "heinous" fugitives were offered $5oo to $1ooo for life and death. So these fugitives were suddenly plunged into the vast sea of the people's war. It didn't take long for them to turn into corpses one by one and be sent back.
Now, the damned underworld forces that control the railway workers and suck their blood are finished, and the construction of the railway is about to be on the right track.
"In order to prevent other organizations from mixing into the labor force in various names and methods and interfering with our work. We must first build up the unions in the railway companies. At the board's summary meeting, Scrooge said.
"What? Forming a union? Mr. MacDonald, are you a little confused? "William? Vanderbilt said, "Unions are not a good thing!" They can't do anything but make trouble! ”
William? Vanderbilt is the son of Vanderbilt Sr. and his intended successor. So old Vanderbilt threw him here to work out.
Before Scrooge could explain, Morgan spoke: "Mr. Vanderbilt, you and Mr. MacDonald have worked very little together, and you don't understand what he is talking about about the union. His unions are not at all the same as those you say you are familiar with! ”
"Really?" William? Vanderbilt asked, confused, "Is there anything different?" ”
"Let Mr. MacDonald tell you about this himself, right?" Morgan said with a smile.
"Ah, actually, nothing?" "For example, there's a house that no one lives in, and there's always some messy guy who sneaks in it. Is there anything that can be done to prevent this from happening? ”
"Lock the door." William? Vanderbilt said, then he shook his head, "It's useless, you can't keep those thieves at bay." Come on, Mr. MacDonald, just give me the answer. ”
"The solution is to find someone of your own to live in." "A factory without a union is like that house, and there are always bad guys out there who want to come in," Scrooge said. But if we create a union that obeys our orders, it's like putting one of our people in this house, and it's not so easy for others to get involved. In my other factories, that's all done. It costs a little money, but it's still cheap compared to the price it pays for other unions. ”
William? Vanderbilt thought for a moment and said, "Since there has been a successful experience, then I have no opinion." ”
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"Brothers, my name is Pol, and I'm from the Union Pacific Railroad union. On behalf of the union, I am here to welcome everyone to join the company and join our union. "A bearded man is speaking to this big gang of new workers.
"First of all, I want to tell you that although the wages here are very high, the labor intensity is also very high. The rule of those gang bosses has always been 'whoever wants my money, I want whose life'. Therefore, I advise everyone not to work hard for money. After working for him for a few months and earning a little money, he quickly changed his career to something else. I've seen people who exhaust themselves because they want to make more money. It's a terrible thing. Pol continued.
"Really?" Someone asked.
"Of course it's true." Pol replied, "The government gives the railway company a concession to get 15o of land on both sides of the railway free of charge. If you ask about this, it's easy to verify. But the government does not stipulate where it goes to us, and where it goes to Central Pacific. Where the two companies meet, that's the divide. So the faster you fix it, the more the bosses earn. In such a situation, of course they will use you to death. The reason why they pay you more than other places is because of the labor intensity. ”
The people below all whispered, and after a while, someone said, "Sir, can you sue us, how long can ordinary people support us?" ”
"This is different for everyone. But it's usually about four months. Pol replied, "Keep doing it, and maybe something will go wrong at some point." The work place is in the field, the conditions are hard, it is easy to get sick, and if the health is poor, maybe once you get sick, it is easy to get into trouble. Although the salary is a little higher, in fact, it is much more dangerous than some other jobs. You are all immigrants who have just arrived in the United States, and it is good to suffer a little in order to earn your first money quickly, but it is not interesting to work for a long time. Pol replied.
"Thank you for your pointers, Mr. Pol, you are such a nice man!" Someone in the crowd shouted.
"Wherever I am, I am a member of the trade union, and the union has taken everyone's dues, so I naturally want to serve the workers wholeheartedly." Pol replied humbly.
In fact, these statements of Pol were all made up by Scrooge and asked them to memorize them. Scrooge had already planned to give the workers a large amount of Dianabol (of course, the dosage and the deliberate pursuit of refreshment were not comparable to drug use), and in order to avoid a large-scale drug addiction, he had to replace a group of workers every once in a while. With the propaganda of the Boers, the large-scale exchange of workers is easier for the workers to understand and accept, and unnecessary friction is reduced. At the same time, if the workers feel a little unwell after leaving, most of them will think that they are too tired. And some of the people who seem abnormal because of drug addiction and finally die of violent illness will not be thought that this is the company killing people.
Moreover, these statements of Bohr are all about "wholeheartedly" thinking about the workers. In this way, they will naturally have the support of the workers, whether it is to maintain labor order or to deal with other trade unions, it will be much more convenient.
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"Attention! It's going to fall! Brian, the lumberjack, shouted. Another tall fir tree crashed to the ground. Bryant can't remember the first tree he's cut down today. He only felt that his body was full of strength, and even if he cut down a few trees well, he would not get tired.
"The strong pills that the company gave us are really miracle medicines! It's a pity that those bosses are stingy ghosts, and they give a little bit every day. With that in mind, Brian picked up his axe and walked towards a tree in front of him.
Winter is coming, and they must quickly cut down a number of large trees and send them back to build houses. Otherwise, on this unobstructed plain, relying on a few tents to survive the winter, it would definitely freeze to death. The geographical characteristics of the United States are different from China, he basically does not have east-west mountains, which makes the hot air go north in summer, and the whole United States can be hot and half dead until the north, and in winter, the cold air goes south, unobstructed, even the south is also quite cold, as for the north, it can freeze people's noses, plus the dimension of the Pacific Railway is relatively high, and it is even colder, and in winter, a cold wave comes, and the temperature drops to more than minus 20 degrees Fahrenheit, that is, about minus 30 degrees Celsius. This kind of severe cold is not something that a tent can withstand.
When the tree had been brought down, it was cut off and cut into pieces, loaded into wagons, tied up with ropes, and sent back to the camp.
"Hey! Brian, cut down this tree, and you'll be able to call it a day, and there's still some way back. And it's getting dark, and I don't want to actually run into a grizzly bear or something. Dundee, the guard with a MacDonald rifle in his hand, shouted.
"Okay, it's going to be cut down soon!" Brian replied loudly as he swung his axe vigorously, and as the axe swung it, pale yellow pieces of wood fell one after another. After a while, with a snapping sound, the fir also fell to the ground.
"Alright, let's take care of this tree, and then we can go back!" Enrique, the foreman, shouted. The workers rushed up, cut off the branches with all their hands, and then used a saw to gather the trunk into three sections and carry it to the cart.
Under the golden red glow of the setting sun, several wagons began to move towards the camp in the distance. The workers sat on the logs and chatted with each other.
"I heard that Kobe Blacksmith is leaving. Did you know? One person said.
"Kobe Blacksmith is leaving? Hasn't he been on the job for 4 months? Another person hurriedly asked.
"The blacksmith is a hard work, he does too much work every day, and the two ordinary blacksmiths do not do as much as he does alone. However, he was paid more than two ordinary blacksmiths. But after all, people are not iron. Last time, Mr. Pol from the union brought a doctor to give you a check-up -- the union was really good, and it won us the opportunity to be examined by a doctor. In the end, the result they checked out was that Kobe Bryant was almost unbearable. Therefore, although Kobe Bryant still wanted to make more money, but after two weeks, he was still moved by Bol's words, and planned to settle his salary as much as possible and prepare to leave. But the money he earned was enough for him to find a small town, rest first, and then open a blacksmith shop to continue blacksmithing. ”
By this time the camp was already in sight. The boys were already thinking about going back to camp, having dinner, and then calculating how much money they had earned and when they would be able to leave to live their little lives. Then pour it to the Chase bunk on the beauty (river crab) beauty to sleep.
It's just that when they entered the camp, the atmosphere in the camp was a little weird.
"What's the matter, Harry! What's wrong? Enrique jumped out of the carriage, grabbed one of the workers and asked.
"Bryant suddenly fell ill and was already unconscious. Mr. Pol and Mr. Iverson each got on a horse and went out to the doctor, and I don't know if it was too late......"
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Just after dark, Pol and Iverson returned, along with a Dr. Hill. Dr. Hill saw Bryant and concluded that he was suffering from fatigue and then suffering from a cold. So he fell ill. The conditions here are so bad, he thinks Kobe Bryant is probably dangerous.
He prescribed some medicine to Kobe, and after pouring it down, another day later, Kobe woke up, but his limbs were weak and he couldn't get up. He could only cough and tell his co-workers that he hoped that after he recovered from his illness, he would find a small town, recover slowly, and then continue to strike iron.
"Kobe, you're going to get better, and then keep hitting the iron, hit a lot of iron!" The workers all said this to him. However, three more days later, Bryant died.