Chapter 256: The Labor Union
Polman sat in the passenger seat of the Willis Jeep, tilting his head sideways and listening to Fang Lang's commands.
"No problem, boss, our designers have not been idle during this time, everyone is designing modification plans!
In addition to finding a way to put more seats in the seating layout.
Everyone's energy is mainly focused on solving the problem of sound insulation materials for aircraft."
Fang Lang looked at Polman with interest and said:
"Oh! Have you achieved some results now?"
"Of course, boss, we have studied the main sound insulation materials on passenger planes in various countries, and combined with the latest scientific results that have appeared in the past two years, we have found a new solution.
After calculation, the cost of this scheme will be reduced by 20 percentage points under the condition that the sound insulation effect remains unchanged.
It's 10 percent lighter."
Polman had a smug expression on his face and said to Fang Lang.
"Haha. It's beautiful, can you see the finished product?"
Fang Lang was very happy to hear that the company's team had reduced the cost by twenty percent.
"Yes, boss, the finished product is being tested in our lab."
As he spoke, he pointed to a two-story building on the other side of the factory, which covered a very large area.
There is still a clear difference between the style of this building and the factory.
Fang Lang nodded and said:
"Let's go and have a look."
Polman nodded hurriedly and motioned for the driver to turn around and head to the lab.
The vehicle went around the side of the laboratory and headed for the main entrance, and Fang Lang saw someone talking to a group of workers in a clearing outside the laboratory from a distance.
Fang Lang smiled at Polman and said:
"Why don't you find an indoor environment for your worker training?"
Polman also saw the crowd not far away, but his face became a little unpleasant.
"Boss, that's not our worker training."
Fang Lang was also stunned by Polman's return.
"What do you mean? If it's not our worker training, what is it doing?"
Hearing Fang Lang's question, Polman's face became even more ugly:
"Boss, those who are listening in uniform are our workers, but the people who are speaking are not our people."
Fang Lang glanced at Polman seriously and confirmed that the other party was not talking nonsense.
Said with a displeased face:
"What do you mean? Can outsiders come in directly in our factories and train our workers?"
Polman said helplessly:
"Boss, this person said he was a staff member of the São Paulo City Council, and he said that he had come to the factory on behalf of the Labor Party to comfort the workers.
We also asked the City Council and this person is indeed from the São Paulo City Council.
At first, we didn't pay much attention to it, and it was normal for the government to visit the workers, but then this person had to come to the factory every two days to pay respects.
At a time, a group of workers had to be organized and spoke for more than two hours.
The progress of our work has been severely affected.
What's even worse is that he also wants to pull the staff of our lab over to listen to him.
At first, we paid enough attention to the activities he organized, but everyone didn't know Portuguese and didn't know what he was talking about for a long time.
Later, I heard from the local workers that he wanted to set up a branch of their Labor Party in our company, form a trade union organization, and lead everyone and the boss to fight for better welfare benefits.
We will strive to shorten everyone's working hours."
The more he listened to Polman's words, the darker Fang Lang's face became, what was the situation? Is Brazil already so ahead of the curve?
Fang Lang is not against the trade union organization, but he is afraid that he will meet the kind of trade union organization that Fuyao's Lao Cao encountered in the United States, and he may not be able to meet Fang Lang in this situation
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In recent years, with the rapid rise of Big Brother Su, workers' organizations have begun to bloom all over the world.
As mentioned above, the reason why the former British prime minister went to the United States to give a speech was precisely because Churchill saw this phenomenon and its impact on the capitalist world. And this Iron Curtain speech actually kicked off the Cold War.
What Fang Lang didn't expect was that Brazil, an economically underdeveloped South American country, had such a situation so early.
Holding back the dissatisfaction in his heart, Fang Lang asked:
"Labour? Isn't the Labor Party the party founded by Mr. Vargas, the former president of Brazil?
This hasn't been around for long! As far as I know, Mr. Vargas founded the Labor Party for the purpose of cheering the workers, the peasants' votes!
It's not Labour's style to be unionized, isn't that?"
After speaking, he looked at his father Fang Xinshan beside him with some concern:
"Dad! Is this also the case at other factories in our group?"
Fang Xinshan nodded and said:
"As far as I know, our steel mills, shipyards, and cigarette factories have all formed this trade union. However, the number of participants was not large.
Because they charge five percent of their monthly wages as a dues to every worker who joins a union.
Most of the workers are reluctant to pay the fee, so not many people join."
Hearing such an answer, Fang Lang suddenly felt his scalp tingle!
This is really a monster, and his career has just started, and he encountered such troubles.
Could it be that Lao Cao, who wants to learn from Fuyao, directly refused to enter the union.
Fang Lang didn't even have any interest in visiting the laboratory, and after the car stopped, he got out of the car and came to the scene of the chattering event.
I found a random place to sit down.
He wanted to hear what this guy could say.
The person who spoke, seeing the style of Fang Lang and others, also knew that they were big names in the factory, especially when he saw Polman accompanying Fang Lang, he knew that Fang Lang and others might be the boss of the company.
Not only did he not show timidity, but he showed more passion.
His eyes also looked at Fang Lang provocatively from time to time.
Fang Lang didn't care, and continued to sit in place and listen to this guy making nonsense on it.
Originally, Fang Lang was a little worried, afraid that this guy would really fool all the workers into a cripple.
But listening to it, Fang Lang found that although this guy was very passionate, his eloquence seemed to be good.
However, the logical thinking is not clear enough, the grasp of theoretical knowledge is not solid enough, and the repeated argument is that workers should have those rights.
The meaning of preaching is relatively strong.
Fang Lang, who was listening below, was a little anxious for him, and the level of doing ideological work was worse than himself!
Fang Lang believed that with the theoretical knowledge he had learned in the school of later generations, it was enough to beat the two knives in front of him.
I also listened to the other party keep boasting about the benefits of joining the union, what kind of benefits they can fight for everyone.
This made the workers a little excited.
But then this guy said again, the fee standard for joining the union.
A basin of cold water was poured directly on the heads of the workers, so that the enthusiasm of the workers who had just become a little interested quickly cooled.
After watching this guy's performance for a while, Fang Lang shook his head helplessly.
It's not that Fang Lang looks down on the other party, even if this guy can set up a trade union organization in his own factory, it is estimated that there are very few people who join.
No wonder his father, Fang Xinshan, said that there were not many people in the other factories who joined the union.
Fang Lang doesn't look down on this guy, it doesn't mean that Fang Lang doesn't look down on the power of the trade union, he won't be paralyzed and carelessly relax his vigilance against them.
After all, the manufacturing industry of many developed countries in later generations was destroyed in the hands of this inconspicuous organization.
The other party preached here for nearly an hour, and although Fang Lang felt that this guy's level was not good, he did not choose to leave
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Instead, he waited quietly for the other party to finish his speech.
Polman didn't understand why the boss was sitting here listening to this unknown guy say something that was not good for the development of the factory, and he didn't look angry at all.
He even noticed that the corners of Fang Lang's mouth had a disdainful expression many times.
Fang Xinshan took time out to come over today to accompany his son to visit the soon-to-be-opened aircraft factory, and there was plenty of time.
Although he didn't understand why Fang Lang spent so much time, listening to this guy's nonsense here.
But he was not without gains, originally he only knew that there was an organization called the union in his company, but this organization did not attract his attention.
But today, after listening to the content spread by this guy, his face began to become a little ugly, isn't this an organization that specializes in opposing his boss?
Negotiating with the boss on behalf of the workers, reducing working hours, and increasing wages is not such a good thing. What's even more excessive is that they also want to organize everyone to strike and blackmail the boss.
If this really makes this organization grow and grow, won't your own factory become a job for them?
The more he listened, the darker Fang Xinshan's face became, and he wanted to drive this bastard out of his factory directly, but he soon calmed down.
Because of what he could notice, he believed that Fang Lang would definitely be able to understand it.
But Fang Lang's performance was not angry at all, but a little disappointed, now sitting among the workers, he couldn't ask, he could only ask privately after the event was over.
Finally, the event is over.
Fang Lang got up with a smile, took the initiative to step forward and shook hands with the other party and said:
"Hello, my name is Fang Lang, and I am one of the shareholders of this company.
I have to say, your speech is wonderful, and my gain is huge!
I think it's important for me to re-examine our relationship with workers.
I don't know if I'll have the privilege of knowing your name."
The other party obviously did not expect that Fang Lang, as a representative of the factory's management, would have such an attitude.
This was the exact opposite of what he had envisioned.
Originally, when he came here today, he had already heard that the owner of the factory was going to inspect the factory.
Some people dissuaded him from canceling today's speech to avoid a direct conflict with the management and causing unnecessary trouble.
However, after thinking about it again, he rejected the kindness of others, and instead deliberately moved the scene of the speech to the open space outside the laboratory building, just to let the management representatives who came to inspect the factory today see the activities he presided over.
Moreover, he is very expecting the management to take some coercive measures against him, and it is best to bring himself and the other party into conflict in front of everyone.
He must let all the workers feel his determination to fight for everyone's welfare, and also let everyone see that there is nothing to fear from the management.
So he chose to stand firmly with him and fight against these capitalists together.
It would have been nice if I had been slightly injured, so that I, as a staff member of the city government, was beaten by the management while organizing an event at the factory.
If you are more heroic, then your status in the party will definitely be improved.
What people didn't expect was that the young shareholder of the other party did not play his cards according to common sense at all!
He even took the initiative to praise himself for his very good speech, and wanted to re-examine the relationship between himself and the workers.
Didn't the other party feel the implication of his deliberate provocation?
Just in the speech is the eye performance is not in place?