Chapter 275 Workers' Federation
When discussing whether to launch a march, some people proposed to turn the originally peaceful demonstration into a violent conflict, and even simply armed the workers.
As mentioned before, many of the factories in Pignisberg are former military factories. Although the weapons and equipment produced are old things from decades ago, this does not mean that these Old things can't kill people.
Although the Workers' Federation currently has no weapons on hand, they can get hold of the old flintlock guns accumulated in the factory's warehouse at any time if they want.
Even if they are ready, within a month they can gather enough flintlocks to arm a group of people.
As for why the originally negotiated peaceful march turned into an armed struggle, it was mainly because some people within the Workers' Federation felt that the factory's order for marching lunch boxes could alleviate the current situation in Pignisberg and curb the worsening unemployment rate. , thus affecting the expansion of workers' unions.
In their view, once the factory gets new orders and reopens, those workers who were originally unemployed due to the shutdown of the factory and thus joined the workers' union will be shaken and return to the factory. Go to work instead of staying and fighting.
So they want to use armed fighting to sabotage this order and even the technical upgrade of the factory, so as to continue to maintain the current situation in Pignisberg and maintain the miserable life of Pignisberg workers. , thus allowing more workers to join the workers' union.
But Kallen didn’t want them to do this.
“This order for marching lunch boxes was placed by the Earl of the North to the factory in Pignisberg. If we destroy and stop this, it is likely to attract the attention of the Earl of the North. You must know that she is not a soft-hearted person." Although Karen was not willing to say this about Purficott, at this time, if she wanted to prevent everyone from going in the wrong direction, she could only use Purficott. of deterrence.
Hearing Karen's words, the others fell silent for a moment. The tragedy in New Shake City was a nightmare for everyone.
Although some people are still unconvinced and say, "She is just a wanton woman", they seem to want to show that they are not afraid of Perfectcott, but it is obvious that the armed D fight The idea was abandoned.
After all, even if you have flintlock guns and six-pound cannons, challenging the steam knights is purely a matter of light in the pit. It is something that even the regular army cannot do, let alone a group of people who have not even done much training. workers?
And in addition to the reason of not being able to win, Kallen also gave another reason: "If we have to rely on maintaining a harsh environment to force the worker brothers to join us, then we and those street lamps What's the difference between pendants?
We can't make people join us by causing misery! This is a very selfish and shameless approach with no moral bottom line!
Why should our fellow workers join us? It’s not that the Workers’ Federation can make them get more wages, nor that it can stand up for them or protect them, but it’s that the Workers’ Federation allows them to see hope and the hope of living a better life!
Now if we force them to join us by artificially creating suffering for them, this will go against the original intention of the Workers' Federation, and it will deviate from our principles!
Maybe we can develop and grow for a while, but when this matter becomes known to people in the future, what will those worker brothers think of our Workers' Federation?
The biggest factor that enables us to compete with street lamp pendants is our unity. Only when everyone is united can we fight against them. But if we use this method, how can we still unite everyone? ”
Kalian’s words made all the worker representatives fall into deep thought. After thinking about Kalian’s words seriously, they all had to admit that Kalian was right, and they really should not raise this idea.< br>
"Kafka, you are right, we should not use this method to force our own brothers!" An old worker who is usually very prestigious took the initiative to say to Kallen, and his statement also inspired others They admitted to Karen that their previous idea was wrong.
Kafka is a pseudonym used by Kallen when she was carrying out workers' union activities, in order to distinguish her from her original identity, avoid being discovered by interested parties, and thus connect her to her original identity. There were many cases in the knowledge that Purficott imparted to her that mentioned that personal information must be hidden when engaging in such dangerous activities, so Kallen hid her identity from the beginning, even using her name. It's a pseudonym.
After unifying everyone's ideas, the old worker also raised a new question to Karen: "Since we don't use force to destroy this matter, then we workers How should the Federation express our attitude on this matter? And what attitude do we need to express? "
This is what the workers' representatives of the Workers' Federation are most concerned about at this time.
Faced with this problem, Kallen thought about it seriously for a while and said to everyone: "We will not take a position on this matter. We will neither actively undermine nor support it."
"Is this okay?" A young worker representative asked Karen.
At a young age, he has more passion and blood, and is eager to do more.
But relatively speaking, the old worker understood Kallen’s choice better. He took the initiative to explain: “We don’t destroy because we cannot create suffering to force our fellow workers. After all, the factory has obtained the marching lunch box. The order itself is beneficial to the workers of Pignisberg.
If the factory can start working, everyone will have a job and receive wages, which will improve the life problems caused by unemployment.
But at the same time, we cannot support this matter because it conflicts with the interests of our workers. What we want is to improve our working environment, improve workers' treatment, and strive for the interests that should belong to us.
So we cannot support something that we should oppose, even if it does objectively improve the living conditions of workers. "
"What Father Greif said is what I want to express, and even I can't say it better. Kallen happily supported the old worker with a smile on her face.
The old worker was a little embarrassed by Kallen's words and couldn't help but blush, but he still said to Kallen: "I can I can’t compare myself to you, Kafka. What I’m talking about are all the things you usually teach us. I just used what you taught me to analyze what happened this time. ”
Hearing the old worker’s words, Kallen’s expression became even happier. Apparently her work had begun to bear fruit.
(End of this chapter)