Knowing that something so big had happened at the factory, Jack knew that he had to go back and deal with it right away, and it would be bad if things got bigger.

After knowing that he couldn't participate in the next event, Jack immediately proposed to Giannini and others that he would have a chance to get together again next time, and then found Rolf, the mayor of San Francisco, who invited him to come, and told him a rough idea of what happened in the company, and he called Ruth to sit in the car with him, and John Gerwitt drove quickly out of San Francisco and towards Santa Clara.

I don't know how long it took, but Jack, who was sitting in the car, slowly calmed down.

"John, tell me what the cause is?"

John Gerwitt, who was driving, divided his attention between the words, and while concentrating on driving, he said to Jack: "This thing starts in the morning." ”

"In the morning, a factory worker named Richard approached Mayne, the leader of their production team, because he was unwell, and asked Mayne to take a day off."

At that time, Mayne considered that there were too many absentees in their group today, and if Richard asked for leave, today's production tasks might not be completed, so he refused Richard's request for leave.

Speaking of this, John Gerwitt sighed, "Alas......"

Jack knew that the turning point was coming, so he pricked up his ears again and listened attentively.

"When Richard saw that Mayne did not agree to his request for leave, he became angry on the spot and punched Mayne."

"After Mayne was beaten by Richard, he naturally wouldn't put up with it, so he began to fight back and fight with Richard."

"At that time, I don't know who led the way, more than a dozen people came forward to help Richard, and they beat Mayne, and Mayne was seriously injured because of this."

"As for the six lightly injured people, it was Mayne who was ruthless in his heart when he saw the dozen or so people joining in the beating of him."

After listening to John Gerwitt's account of the cause of the incident, Jack's brow furrowed.

If you look at this matter from Richard's point of view, when people are not feeling well, they do not directly absent from work like most people, but rush to the company to ask Mayne for leave, which can be said to be very compliant, but everyone has already done this, but Mayne still does not let him ask for leave, and asks him to work while sick, isn't this a lack of fighting?

But from Jack's standpoint as the boss, Mayne did all this to complete the daily production tasks, and it can be said that they were creating benefits for Jack.

If he really deals with this matter fairly and impartially after he goes back, it will definitely make the managers feel cold, and once the managers are cold, who will be willing to do their duty and work for themselves in the future?

Thinking of this, Jack made a decision in his heart.

For Mayne, who was seriously injured by Richard and others, Jack not only will not punish him, but will also give him a promotion after reimbursing all his medical expenses.

As for Richard, who immediately turned violence against his immediate supervisor when he failed to take a leave of absence, although Jack understood him, Jack did not plan to keep him in the company anymore, and what was waiting for him would be a notice of dismissal.

As for the dozen or so people who not only did not persuade them, but helped Richard beat Mayne, Jack hated them, and he would send them to prison at the slightest opportunity.

Don't those people like to fight, then they all go to prison and get a love education!

He then asked John Gerwitt, "What is the workers' strike?" ”

Listening to Jack's question, John Gerwitt continued: "After the conflict between Mayne and Richard and others was suppressed by the security guards, the union president, George Kirk, organized a workers' strike. ”

He demanded that every employee be given the right to take leave unconditionally, and that the company comply with the eight-hour work day law enacted by the Federal Congress after the workers' movement in 1877 and immediately implement the eight-hour workday.

"In addition to this, they also proposed that the company has grown and should give workers a 50 percent pay increase."

"Did the Federal Congress enact the eight-hour workday?"

Knowing the purpose of the union strike, Jack's attention was drawn to the fact that Congress had established an eight-hour day in 1877.

Seriously, Jack didn't really know that Congress enacted this law in 1877.

He also thought that the eight-hour work system would have to wait for the establishment of the Soviet revision, and the capitalists of all countries in the world would have to follow the eight-hour working day implemented by the Soviet revision.

Time passed quietly between Jack and John Gerwitt, and in the blink of an eye, the sun had set and a full moon had risen from the horizon.

At this time, Jack and the others also returned to Santa Clara, and after sending Ruth home, Jack and John Gerwitt went straight to the company.

When Jack arrived at the office, he saw such a picture.

Hundreds of workers in Cedric's blue overalls sat silently in the clearing, the sound of machines that should have rumbled in the past was gone, and on a makeshift platform in front of them, a tall middle-aged man with a tin megaphone was giving a loud speech.

As for the speech, Jack listened quietly in the corner for a while, and it was much the same as John Gerwitt had told him that the union would organize a strike for the same purpose, which was nothing more than to demand an eight-hour day and higher wages.

Looking at the middle-aged man on the podium, a wave of anger couldn't be suppressed in his heart.

Because Jack knew this middle-aged man, and this man was George Kirk, the president of the union.

I think that at the beginning, when Jack first took over Cedric's company, he also talked to George Kirk, hoping that George Kirk could manage the union well and not affect the daily operation of the factory.

For this reason, he also provided George Kirk with a large amount of subsidies.

But unexpectedly, after George Kirk took his money, he repaid him like this.

"After this incident, we must find a way to control the union in our own hands." Jack made up his mind in his heart.

After listening for a while, Jack instructed John Gerwitt, "Go and inform Andy and Albert and tell them to come to my office within ten minutes!" ”

"Okay!" John Gerwitt turned and walked away.

After John Gerwitt left, Jack turned and walked away towards his office.

Jack came to the office, turned on the light, sat down, and waited for the arrival of the company's senior executives, while thinking about how to deal with the matter of the union organizing a strike.

To be honest, Jack was not unable to agree to the union's demands of giving every employee the right to take leave of absence, implementing an eight-hour workday, and raising wages by 50 percent.

Because, the historical Ford company began to implement it after the next year, and it is nothing that he implemented it a year or two earlier.

But there is a good saying, what I give you is yours, and if I don't give it to you, you can't rob it!

If he directly agreed to the union's request this time, wouldn't it be obvious that he was a bully!

If the trade unions are not satisfied again, and organize another strike, will they continue to agree to the conditions of the trade unions?

He didn't want that to happen again!

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