Chapter 449: Documents [1]
"Hello, Mr. Mayor, I'm Bryant, the new president of the Otis City Branch of the Workers' Union, and I'm very honored to have you. ”
Bryant was a man who looked to be in his early thirties, with a featureless appearance, a blue chin like most workers, and an inch-long scar on the corner of his eye. He has brown hair, is not short, and looks very clean and direct.
Under the operation of Mags, the workers' union was finally completely dismembered from Yiyantang into three parts, the administrative department of the workers' union, the legal department of the workers' union, and the labor department of the workers' union. In fact, it is not very correct to say that the official representatives can only play the role of supervision, and cannot control the daily work arrangements and actual work of the union.
But some things are not accurate, the dual-track system itself is for a system to maintain a good attitude and continue to work, but there are always some people who will exploit loopholes in some ways to gain more power from it, this kind of thing cannot be said to be common, but it is not uncommon.
As the main knife bearer of the dismemberment of the workers' union, Bryant's first thing he did after taking office was to visit Durin, and there is now a consensus within the workers' union that the president of the branch in Otis is not so good. If you accidentally Durin off, maybe something bad will happen. However, they could not completely appoint an obedient worm as the president of the branch, and they also wanted to preserve the last dignity of the workers' union.
So Bryant was sent over, a branch president with a "stance", he was a member of the New Party, and he was active in some social activities. He had been refrigerated for a long time because of his "position", and now the purpose of using him was to let him come to the troubled waters of Otis City.
For the sensible and polite Du Lin didn't mind releasing his kindness, he stretched out his hand and shook Bryant's hand, and then invited him to sit down, "I heard that your internal election has just ended, I didn't expect you to come so quickly, it just so happens that I also have some work that I need your cooperation with." ”
A slightly embarrassed expression flashed across Bryant's face when Durin spoke of the election, claiming that the election went very smoothly and that all the workers' representatives were enthusiastic and supportive of the election as a very fair way to determine the top leadership of the workers' union, but in fact the process was not at all as harmonious as reported in the newspapers. All kinds of canvassing in the open and in the dark are endless, and even he, a marginal person, has several people who stuff him with money and make him vote for himself.
On the day of the election, which was supposed to be an open vote, the door to the headquarters conference hall was locked from the inside less than thirty minutes into the game, and the people outside did not know what was going on inside, but Bryant, who was the workers' representative and had the right to vote, knew that there was a fight inside.
Some of the senior workers' representatives themselves had a lot of connections in the guild, and some of the higher-ups he left behind after the president was forced to resign were also very interested in that position, and the competition became fierce. In particular, when a workers' delegate expressed to the congress and all the participants why he wanted to become president and what kind of changes he would bring about if he became president, a senior executive could not help but stand up and question his program, and used very dirty words.
In an instant, the atmosphere of the conference became intense, at first it was teacups and shoes, and soon the chairs began to fly around, and the whole venue was a mess. Eventually, the class of workers' representatives, through their years of involvement in the work, was able to overcome the top trade unionists, who could only sit in the office, and a workers' representative from Gallenroot succeeded in taking that position.
Therefore, dozens of people abstained from voting when it was publicized externally, not because they wanted to abstain, but because their bodies could no longer support them to continue voting, so they had to take a stand and go to the hospital in advance.
When Durin then talked about work, Bryant immediately confessed his determination and position, "Please command, I will do my best to help you complete the things within the scope of my work." ”
"Tsk...... I'm a little embarrassed to say that. There was no embarrassed expression on Durin's face, but the atmosphere was indeed good, and he smiled and said: "I plan to apply for a labor certificate for all the workers in Otis City, you should know that every city will have a large number of migrant workers, which will not only strengthen the prosperity of a city, but also bring some uncertain factors." ”
"Since the start of the big construction in the city of Otis, there have been more than 100 thefts in more than three months, one almost every day. In the five years before the big construction of Otis City, there were only two thefts. We need some means to manage and monitor these migrants, and of course I don't mean to discriminate. Not only laborers, but all those who live in the city of Otis will have such a certificate. ”
"Residence Permit, ID Card...... And many more proofs, only then can I manage the city better and make the market more orderly. ”
Bryant listened very attentively, he did not interrupt Dühring's train of thought, and only after Dührin had finished speaking, did he ask: "Then what should we do? There are some things he must make clear first, even if it is a little embarrassing for this, it doesn't matter, in case he later makes Durin's plan abort because he didn't ventilate first, maybe this stick will hit him.
"The majority of the working class are uneducated at the bottom of society, with a weak sense of law, a rude personality, and a lack of knowledge and self-cultivation. So we will encounter many possibilities, once someone stands up to take the lead and does not cooperate, coupled with the spread of rumors, it may play a negative role. There is no doubt that if the offer to give workers an unprecedented labor certification would make them associate some bad things with themselves, such as slaves.
During the imperial period, slaves would have a sign on their body with the slave's name and tooth prints, as well as the name and contact information of the slave owner.
Durin thought for a moment, "I'll let some of the laborers take the initiative and ask the merchants of Otis City to give them higher pay, which may solve your confusion." ”
"If that's the case, then there's no problem at all!", Bryant also remembered that Durin had recruited a group of Gualts to work, more than 50,000 people. If this group of people can apply for labor certification first and get the benefits, then they don't need to do the rest of the work. At the same time, he realized that this was a good opportunity for him, and that it would be helpful for the workers' unions to regain their former credibility and prestige if they could apply the methods proposed by Dühring to the workers of the entire empire.
As for how to do it, we have to think about it again.
After Durin discussed some details with him, such as the worker's resume as part of the labor certification, Bryant took the initiative to say goodbye, he felt that Durin had nothing to say to him, and it was better to take the initiative than to ask Durin to "ask" him to leave. He is here to do a good job of service, not to pursue a sense of existence.
Soon there was a rumor among the workers that after the corruption within the workers' union was exposed, the appointment of a new president brought about new changes, such as labor certification. Workers with labor certification are able to find better jobs and have better benefits. Some people are skeptical, others think it's a hoax, and it's not clear what they want to deceive them.
With Dulin's instructions, the Guert laborers in the city of Otis became the first batch of workers to apply for labor certifications, which were mainly for the convenience of the city hall in counting the floating population in the city, as well as eliminating some criminals, as for the rest, it was incidental.
When they see that workers with labor certification can get an extra dollar every month, regardless of whether they are confused or suspicious, they take the initiative to register for labor certification. At Bryant's instigation, the Workers' Union Administration decided to apply the system to the working class throughout the empire. As Du Lin said, when employing workers, they can clearly see whether the workers they hire have committed criminal acts and whether they have rich experience, and they don't need to blow it up themselves at a glance, which is indeed a good idea.
At the same time, Dulin also began to promote the work of residence permits and ID cards, and anyone who is willing to settle in the city of Otis can get an Otis city ID card, otherwise only a resident card. Citizens with an Otis City ID card must live in the city of Otis for more than six months a year, and there will be random checks at all times, and if they do not meet the requirements, they will be changed to a residence permit.
As for why the ID card was pushed, Doolin did not say, but there was a follow-up plan.
How to raise the identity of a city dwellers with the city, how to make them more united? In fact, it is very simple, to draw a circle for them, or to establish a subtle class system for them, this set is not new, in the past imperial period the royal family in order to envelop its own people, this trick has been used rottenly.
At that time, they called the Imperials who "had identity cards" "citizens" and the Imperials who "did not have identity cards" "freedmen", and then enacted a set of laws that told every citizen of the Reich that they were protected by the Reich. As for the freedmen, it was a class not much different from the slaves. So the citizens got a sense of class superiority and began to join forces to resist the freedmen and became citizens, because they needed this sense of superiority.