Chapter 327, The Trade Union Situation (6)

The situation with the unions has never been so bad. Because of the last miscalculation, the workers' trust in the union has plummeted. People everywhere are saying that if it weren't for the union messing around, there wouldn't have been so many people fired last time. What's worse is that there was also a fatal accident, and the family of the worker who was accidentally hit by a small train because of sleepiness rushed to the trade union after learning the cause of the incident, scolded and even beat the members of the labor union. Kony was hit on the head by the deceased's brother and fainted, and if someone else hadn't saved him quickly, he would have been killed directly.

The unions themselves have also suffered considerable losses in terms of personnel. Among the people who did not take "Strongmaru" that day also included three members of the trade union. As members of the trade union, they naturally hesitated for a while when they were about to take the "strong pill", and as a result, unfortunately, the three union members were also expelled.

The expulsion of these three union members not only weakened the union's influence in MacDonald Steel France, but also changed the composition of the union's members. In the former trade union of MacDonald Steel France, the ratio of union members who were skilled workers to those who were ordinary workers was about one to one. This ratio is not deliberately made. In general, the workers working in the factory are not very fixed. Whether it is an iron-beaten factory or an iron-beaten factory, it is a free flowing worker. According to the view of a later great economist, who was particularly concerned with the freedom and well-being of mankind, in his treatise on economics or sociology, it is precisely because the workers are free to choose between the factories that their rights can be truly guaranteed, because there is competition between the factories, and if one factory is bad, they can find another. And once capitalist private ownership is over, and all enterprises become state-owned enterprises, then the worker will really be unlucky, because he can no longer choose and move freely between different enterprises. So they were destined to go down the road to slavery.

In reality, however, the right to choose does not seem to give workers more rights than "freedom". For example, eating well, sleeping well or something. Of course, "freedom" is the most important thing. As for the rest of the superfluous things, I'll leave it to the likes of Scrooge who can't change jobs freely.

Because skilled workers are less mobile than ordinary workers, they may work in a factory for a considerable period of time, and they are naturally more likely to have more influence among the workers in that factory. On the other hand, in any factory, the number of ordinary workers is much higher than that of skilled workers. Therefore, the combination of these two factors makes the number of union members from skilled workers and ordinary workers in the trade union of this factory similar in number. But because of this incident, three union members were fired from the factory, and they were all ordinary workers. And so a new problem arises.

Although being expelled from a factory is not expelled from a union, they are still theoretically members of the union. However, union members do not have a salary to receive and still have to earn their own money to support their families. Therefore, they must be free to find a job elsewhere, so that they will be cut off from MacDonald Steel France, and they will no longer be able to effectively carry out their duties as union members. In fact, two days after being fired, they left Paris and went to another factory in the provinces.

Before the election of a new commissioner could begin, rumors reappeared. There are people within the trade unions who say that the last defeat was deliberately caused by someone to squeeze out the rank and file of the workers' committees, so that the skilled workers, who are paid more, can control the union.

This new rumor spread more and more widely under the impetus of well-intentioned people, and finally led to a heated debate at a meeting of the co-opted trade union members. Royce, a rank-and-file worker, openly blamed Kony for the failure of the adventurist operation, and he even said without saying that in order to quell rumors that skilled workers wanted to monopolize the power of the union, Kony, who was the presiding officer of the failed operation, should voluntarily resign as president of the union.

If it was usual, such a big mistake occurred, and even led to the death of the worker. Even if no one had said it, Kony would have resigned as union president. But now it's different, now there is obviously a mole in the team, if he resigns, wouldn't it just make that mole proud? What's more, it was Royce who proposed his resignation, and many of his previous actions made Kony suspect that he was a mole. Under such circumstances, he naturally could not agree to the request made by Royce, who was suspected of being a traitor.

So Kony insisted that his reasoning at the time must be fine.

"It's not that I'm wrong, it's ......" Kony said, standing up, looking around at the members of the meeting, and then staring into Royce's eyes, "among us, there is a traitor!" That traitor sold our plans to the capitalists! ”

"Not bad! There is a traitor among us! Royce also stood up and shouted angrily, "This traitor knows about our actions and sells it to the capitalists in exchange for those thirty silver coins!" He even wants to continue to mix in with us, to continue to betray us! ”

"You ......" Kony's face turned pale and trembled, "you're accusing me of being a traitor?" ”

"If you are not a traitor, you have made such a big mistake and caused such a big loss, why are you reluctant to resign? Is it because you didn't get enough silver coins last time? Royce looked at Kony coldly and continued to say mercilessly, "If you are not a traitor, then resign and show us!" ”

"Royce, I'm afraid you're the traitor!" Pat stood up abruptly, "Did all those rumors spread everywhere these days come from you?" How much money did your master give you to destroy the trade unions? ”

"Pat! To prove that I am not a traitor, I can resign from my position in the union. Royce said coldly, "I also agreed with Kony's plan, whether it was to prove that I was not a traitor or to take responsibility for this failure, I was willing to resign." Kony, would you like to? We resigned together. ”

"Royce, you're a traitor!" Pat roared, "We've already lost several commissioners, and you want to weaken us even more?" ”

"I'm here to purify our organization." Royce yelled. Then he turned to Kony and said, "Do you agree?" ”

"I won't abdicate my responsibilities until I catch that real traitor." Kony said firmly.

"That's good. Before I resign, I also want to fulfill my last duty to travel my last duty as a commissioner. Royce suddenly laughed, "As a union member, I have the right to put forward a bill. Now, in view of Kony's miscommand, the huge losses suffered by the Guild, and the suspicion of being a traitor, I have set up a vote to remove Kony from his presidency and expel him from our union! Now let's vote. ”

"Royce! What do you want to do! Are you going to split the union? Pat was so angry that his voice changed.

"I'm purifying the organization. Regardless of the outcome of the vote, I will resign from my current position. Royce retorted with a wave of martyrdom.

"I'm against such a vote." Pat said.

"The objection is invalid, and I have such power in accordance with the statute." Royce said coldly, "Okay, please raise your hand if you support me." ”

Royce raised his hand in the air first, and stood there condescendingly looking around at the other commissioners. One man raised his hand, and after a while, another one, and then another. And then, no more. All the deputies from ordinary workers raised their hands, and all the deputies from skilled workers did not raise their hands. There was not a majority of the number, and Royce's proposal was vetoed.

"Good." "Now, I'm announcing my resignation. ”

……

"Very well, you did a great job. Now that Royce is gone, Kony's position and prestige have been shaken. Moreover, the differences between the ordinary workers' committee and the technical workers' committee have also been made public. This almost means a split in the unions. Our Mr. Pat did a great job. Go ahead, Monsieur Weil, give him the cheque for a thousand francs, and say that we are very pleased with his watch. Hopefully he can keep working hard and finally sit in Kony's place. Director Louis said with a smile.

"Yes, Mr. Louie." Will replied.

"Be careful, don't let anyone find out." Louis said.

"Director, I'll be careful. Director, isn't there too much for him. In fact, such a result can be achieved because you command it well. As long as that Pat guy isn't a fool and does what you command, he's going to make it. Will said.

"It wasn't my plan." Louie said, "That's the plan above. Those higher echelons above us, that's really powerful......"

Speaking of this, Louis couldn't help but think of this lesson he got from above:

"No organization can be monolithic, and neither can trade unions. And its weakness is even more obvious, that is, the interests of the union are not aligned with the interests of the organizers and managers of the union. The leaders of the union are aware of this, so the operation of the union depends on the ethics of its leaders. Morality is difficult to maintain for a long time, especially if it is contrary to one's own interests. Therefore, to take a closer look, to look carefully, we can always find a generation who is willing to cooperate with us for their own interests. The ...... of the Rational Person"