"Doolin!", Mr. Crane leaned out of the hallway outside his office on the second floor, and when Doolin turned to look at him, he tilted his head, pointed to another meeting room, and said, "Come up." ”

Durin put down his work and glanced at Graff, who patted him on the shoulder as soon as he got off the cargo, "Don't be nervous, if nothing else, it should be someone from the union." ”

Although Graff seemed to him to be a trivial matter dealing with a unionist, the smile on Durin's face stiffened with nervousness for the first time when he had to face such a large organization as the union. He slapped his cheeks and took a few deep breaths, "Don't worry, I'm not going to be nervous." ”

Graff shrugged his shoulders, he could only help himself in this kind of thing, he couldn't help Durin relieve his inexplicable nervousness.

In fact, trade unions are still a very important support group for workers, most of the time workers do not need unions, but once they need to use unions, they can play a very key role. For example, when dealing with the capitalists, without the help of the unions, the workers are likely to suffer, especially in terms of wages. The hateful capitalists always want to save more money through exploitation, but it is precisely because of the trade unions and the Minimum Wage Protection Act initiated by the unions that the capitalists cannot exploit the workers too harshly.

When workers' rights and interests are violated by capitalists, trade unions will also stand up for them.

A well-known sociologist and big capitalist of the Shining Star Empire once said in the newspaper: If a worker is a rabbit, then a group of workers is a vicious dog. We can shave rabbits for money, but we also need to protect ourselves from vicious dogs.

As soon as this statement was published, it caused a huge sensation in society, and a huge march broke out against the sociologist's inappropriate remarks. Under pressure from all sides, the sociologist had to publish his own apology in the newspaper. Originally, this was supposed to be the end of the matter, but the guy then made a new comment, and the comment was only a few words - I lost to the vicious dog!

The angry workers became irritable this time, beating the sociologist and stripping him naked and chaining him to the railing outside the third-floor platform of the Empire State Building, causing a national sensation .......

Durin straightened his clothes, knocked on the conference room, and only after hearing a "come in" did he push the door in.

At the edge of the conference table sat three people, two men and one woman. The woman looked to be in her thirties and wore a very elaborate suit, but the lines on her face were a little stiff and lacked some of the gentleness of a woman. The other two men were also dressed in crisp suits, and their hair was so shiny that they couldn't stand on a fly. Durin smiled awkwardly, and he looked out the door, and he didn't seem to be in the wrong room.

But the three people in front of them ...... If they were the representatives of the workers, Dühring was the first to disbelieve them.

If the workers were dressed like this, how rich would the working class be.

The older man smiled and nodded to Doolin, then looked at the materials on the table in front of him, and asked, "Are you Doolin?", he blinked his eyes and quickly introduced himself, "Sorry, I forgot to introduce myself, my name is Frank, I am a representative of the workers' union, and the gentleman next to me is Abdui, who has the same identity as me." As for this lady......"

When he looked at the woman, the woman nodded at Durin with a blank face, "My name is Serena, and I am the legal adviser of the workers' union. ”

Frank took over at this time and continued: "We are here today to invite you to join on behalf of the workers' union, which is a big family belonging to the working class, and in the face of the cruel exploitation of the capitalists, we can only fight for and protect our rights and interests if we are closely united. In the past 22 years, we have resolved more than 17,000 disputes and protected the rights and interests of our workers. ”

At this time, Serena suddenly interjected and asked, "Interrupt." She pointed to Durin's right hand with her pen, "I noticed that your right hand is bandaged, and there are still some blood stains on the bandage, is this the injury you sustained while working here?"

Before Durin could react, he paused for a moment, "Ahhh ”

Serena nodded, not knowing what she meant by her nod, "Did Mr. Creon, the station manager, take you to bandage and treat you after you were injured, pay off the medical bills, and give you some compensation for work-related injuries?"

Durin scratched his head, "I accidentally made it myself, and it has nothing to do with Mr. Crane. ”

Serena stood up at once, slapped her pen on the table with all her might, and became more serious, "No, young man, you are a little mistaken. Regardless of whether you caused the injury yourself or not, as long as it is during your work, it is a work-related injury. Mr. Crane is to blame!", she looked at Apdui, "Go and ask Mr. Crane!"

Frank looked at the nervous Doolin, stood up and walked over, pressed Doolin's shoulder and let him sit next to him, "It's okay, we should let you understand that everything we do is not for someone's selfish interests, and doesn't this just show that the workers' union can protect our rights and interests?", he patted Duhrin on the shoulder again, "You just sit and watch, don't talk." ”

It didn't take long for Apdui and Mr. Kerion to walk into the conference room, and when they faced Serena, a well-known female lawyer in the union, Mr. Kerion was the first to nod in greeting, "Hello, Ms. Serena." ”

Serena still had a straight face, not the slightest emotion, and when Kerion walked to the side and sat down, Serena said, "Mr. Kerryn, do you know about Dorin's injury at work?"

Kerry was stunned for a moment, he really didn't know, as the stationmaster of the station, the manager of the station, he had a lot of things to deal with every day, who was in the mood to know the living conditions of the workers one by one?

His solemn expression looked a little bluffing, and he glanced at Durin and the bandage on Durin's hand, and immediately felt the roots of his teeth sour. As a manager and exploiter, the most hated thing is dealing with the unionists, because you have no idea what kind of ridiculous and ridiculous reasons these disgusting guys will come up with in the next second, so that a capitalist like him is very uncomfortable with shelling out an inexplicable sum of money.

Mr. Crane shook his head, and said truthfully, "I don't know, Durin didn't tell me, and I don't know much about it. ”

"So do you know what the consequences of a worker being injured at work as an employer should be?", Serena opened the notebook, took the pen and wrote something casually, and then looked up at Kerryn, "For example, medical expenses, nutrition expenses, and paid leave for work-related injuries?"

Krien was silent, he not only knew, but knew it well. It is actually a very common thing for porters to be injured in the station, some workers are obviously out of strength, but they are reluctant to take a commission, and they will always force their tired body, and the result is often that they cannot bear heavy objects and hurt themselves. At this time, he needs to come out and get money to fight the disaster. In fact, it's not a lot of money, and the medical expenses for a palm injury like Du Lin are at most three yuan, and then the nutrition expenses add up to no more than six yuan.

But the problem is that six dollars is also money, these union people really didn't come at the right time, if they came back in a few days, wouldn't there be so many things?

Serena's tone suddenly rose up, "What, Mr. Crane, are you unwilling to pay this fee? If that's the case, we might file a lawsuit in the court of Turnell." ”

Kerry immediately raised his hand, "Don't, don't, I'll give it, six dollars, right? I'll give him a holiday tomorrow!"

He directly admitted that it was really not worth it to fight a lawsuit for six yuan, and it would cost more than ten yuan just to hire a lawyer, so it was better to save a little by giving six yuan directly. He immediately offered to pay for the expenses and give Durin three days off, which immediately made Serena quiet.

After Apduy asked Mr. Kerion to leave, Frank smiled and said, "Look, this is the power of the union! One of the main purposes of our coming here today is to hope that you will join the workers' union." Once you become a member of the workers' union, you can enjoy a lot of rights and treatment, things like today are just insignificant, we have more power than you can imagine, and the most important thing is that no matter what happens to you, we will recover the fair treatment for you, it will be paid by the union, and you don't need to pay even a penny. ”

"Of course, to enjoy such benefits and treatment, you also need to show and give. For example, 50 per year membership fee, participation in the unified activities of the trade union if necessary, and some arrangements and guidance on work. If you are able to accept these three requirements, then I will welcome you to join on behalf of the workers' union. ”

Durin thought the men were good, and he immediately agreed to what Graff had told him about the benefits of joining a union. Then Mr. Crane sent six dollars, and During gave fifty cents to Frank, which was the dues for this year.

Frank told him that he hoped he would be able to go to the headquarters of the Turnell City Workers' Union once a week to register his personal information, file it, and report it to the whole country.

When Durin got back to the platform, Graff leaned in, "Well, aren't they scary?"

Durin nodded, "You're right, they're all nice guys, and they helped me get six bucks from Mr. Crane. ”

"Six dollars?", Graff glanced at the bandage on Durin's hand and patted his head, "You wait for me, Mr. Crane owes me six dollars!"