Chapter 99 Encountering a Strike by Chance
David rarely spent all his money to buy gifts for his family.
In the past, he would not have dared to do this. After all, his wife's medical treatment and the education of his three children were huge expenses. His previous salary as a coach at the training ground could only be said to be barely enough.
Fortunately, their house does not require any mortgage repayments. It is an old house left by his parents.
Therefore, although the pressure was great, life could go on and did not crush him.
Now, he doesn't care, he's going wild for a while.
Starting tomorrow, he will receive a monthly salary of $25,000. This monthly salary is more than double his previous salary, which is enough to ensure their family's quality of life.
After returning home, David couldn't wait to share the good news with his wife and children.
His wife and children were very happy. Especially my wife and children still don’t know how to share the family’s worries.
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The next day, David came to Lin Yuan to report.
Today, Lin Yuan, his uncle and others are going out.
Tony had already placed the guns delivered yesterday and turned a room in Lin Yuan's house into a weapons arsenal.
"Can you both drive?" Lin Yuan asked David and Tony.
The two nodded in unison.
Driving, isn’t that a necessary skill?
"Okay! Let's go then! Go buy a car."
Yesterday I made an agreement with my uncle to buy two cars for transportation. They are not short of money now and do not have a car to travel, which is really inconvenient sometimes.
You can't just sit on my uncle's three-wheeler everywhere you go, right?
It's not that I don't like Sanbengzi. It's fine nearby, but a little further away, Sanbengzi is not so good. The battery life of that thing is not very strong either!
So, Lin Yuan and the others came to a car store.
In the United States, there are two main channels for buying cars: dealers and private individuals.
First, these dealers usually have their own showrooms displaying a wide selection of vehicles. You can find a variety of makes and models of cars at dealerships, including the latest models.
You can also buy a used car directly from an individual.
In this case, you can find the seller through newspaper ads, online platforms, or referrals from friends and family. Purchasing a private vehicle may be more affordable, but it's important to check the vehicle's history and condition to avoid buying a faulty vehicle.
However, this automobile city seemed to be holding a strike, making Lin Yuan and the others' trip in vain.
"There's another strike." The old uncle was speechless.
This kind of thing is nothing new in the United States. It is even the main theme in the entire Western world.
He told Lin Yuan: "Whatever we do in the future, we should not do real business in the United States. It is too difficult. Those unions are always organizing workers to strike."
Lin Yuan: "It's good. I think about the workers."
Obviously, Lin Yuan is still a little naive and does not understand the whole situation at all.
"You only know one thing but not the other," the old uncle said.
That’s right! At the beginning, the trade union was an organization independent of the enterprise. It was an organization that fully represented the interests of workers and communicated and negotiated with the enterprise on behalf of the workers.
Its role is to strive for maximum wages, benefits and other guarantees and treatment for workers, and to supervise and prohibit enterprises from engaging in illegal management of workers. At first glance, it sounds like this union is indeed a good one, thinking and fighting for the interests of workers.
However, now trade unions have long colluded with capital to seek their own interests.
To join a union, you need to pay membership fees every year, and if you become a union member, the union will force the company to promote its members, and those who don't join will be squeezed out.
And enterprises also have to "pay tribute" to the union.
Because as long as the company doesn't "pay tribute" to them, they will organize workers to cause trouble and demand salary increases and so on. In order to maintain stability, the company has no choice but to pay protection fees.
The old uncle told Lin Yuan that American labor unions are very influential. As early as the 1980s, the power of American labor unions was already very powerful.
Several major airlines have suffered from the torture of the American Air Traffic Controllers Union, causing air navigation to be paralyzed for a time.
For example, during the 2008 crisis, General Motors Group faced an extremely serious financial crisis, but workers refused to stand with the company. It was possible to share blessings but not to share hardships. In desperation, General Motors Group declared bankruptcy and a large number of workers lost their jobs. Work.
Of course, major companies also have their own ways of blocking unions, such as shutting down or splitting up.
In the past, General Motors split its parts-producing subsidiaries into independent companies so that workers would no longer be subject to the protection contracts signed by the company and the United Automobile Workers Union, but it seemed that the effect was not good in the end, and the union was also involved.
Unions were formed in the meat and poultry departments of several Wal-Mart stores, and Wal-Mart announced the closure of all meat and poultry departments in these chains.
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McDonald's simply employs a large number of temporary workers and short-term contract workers, because US labor law stipulates that temporary workers, part-time workers and outsourced employees do not have the right to join or form a union.
"It's so difficult to do real business in the United States. Even a Fortune 500 company will be tortured to death."
Lin Yuan smiled and said: "Didn't Mr. President say that we want to reshor the manufacturing industry? Revitalize the glory of American industry."
"Tsk..." The old uncle sneered, a little disdainfully.
Although he is not an economist, he does not do much professional analysis.
However, he also knows that the United States still expects the manufacturing industry to return, which is simply a dream.
High labor costs are the biggest obstacle to industrial development. Even their own companies in the United States choose to set up factories in other countries.
In the current situation of high inflation in the United States, it is reasonable for American workers to strike to demand improved wages at the three major Detroit automakers.
The problem, however, is that it doesn't do much good for U.S. manufacturing as a whole. Salaries are ultimately linked to production efficiency, that is, the quantity and quality ratio of inputs and outputs.
But in this regard, American companies and workers are in trouble.
We know that the manufacturing industry in the United States has long been no longer a traditional labor-intensive industry. This part has long been moved to Central and South America and Asia.
The manufacturing industries retained in the United States are mainly advanced manufacturing industries with high added value, such as automobiles, aircraft, semiconductors, etc.
As far as cars are concerned, Ford, General Motors and Chrysler have been losing market share in recent years. The future is definitely electric cars. However, in terms of electric cars, the production efficiency of the three major American car companies lags far behind Tesla, especially Tesla. The factory in Shanghai.
"Let's go! Go to the next house and have a look." The old uncle said.
Tony asked: "Want a new car or a used car?"
If it is a second-hand car, there is no need to find a car shop like this kind of dealer.
"Bring a new car!" Lin Yuan said.
Now that you have money, why buy second-hand cars? Doesn’t the new one smell good? Used cars always have problems of one kind or another.
(End of chapter)