Chapter 342 Labor Movement
Hearing the word strike, Purficott instantly felt his blood pressure rising.
While she was trying every means to improve the efficiency of construction, there were still people playing tricks on her to slow down the progress of construction. This kind of thing would really make her angry.
Almost immediately, Purficott wanted to order a suppression of the strike.
But she quickly forced herself to calm down, because the White Bear Knight reported that they were going to strike, not that the strike had already started.
In this case, it means that there is at least room for relaxation, and it will not really get so intense.
So Purficott took a deep breath, calmed down his soaring blood pressure, and asked the White Bear Knight: "What happened? These workers are full. There has to be a strike!”
“It was because a worker was identified as a wanted criminal. An engineer recognized him and wanted to take him to the police station, but the group of workers insisted that he was a wanted criminal. Their co-workers did not allow the engineer to take him away, and the two sides clashed." The White Bear Knight hurriedly reported the situation to Perficott, and also informed Perficott of the results of the preliminary investigation: "We will investigate that person. After investigation, he was indeed wanted in his hometown. The reason he was wanted was for participating in the labor movement in Langton, so he was wanted nationwide by the Langton Police Department.
In accordance with imperial law, we discovered this person. If so, unless you, Lord, provide special protection, he should be arrested as soon as possible after being discovered, and be imprisoned on the spot or escorted back to Langton. "
"So he is a worker leader?" Ficott didn't wonder why the workers went on strike.
"You can think so." The White Bear Knight replied.
Perfect put down his tea cup, shook his head helplessly, and then said: "Let the city guard send a company to the scene to maintain order, and first control the main leaders of both sides, especially It's the so-called worker leader and wanted criminal, don't let him get away."
"Yes, Lord." After hearing Purficott's order, the White Bear Knight immediately nodded and turned to execute it.
Purficant himself rubbed his somewhat painful forehead helplessly, feeling the helplessness caused by this incident.
Emotionally speaking, she is actually not very willing to deal with a worker leader.
After all, as long as such people are not speculators, they are people who work hard for their ideals and are comrades worthy of respect.
But as a lord, from a rational perspective, she still cannot allow anyone to affect or destroy the construction of the energy tower, even if it is a labor movement led by a worker leader.
In fact, this kind of labor movement is what Purficott hates the most, and it is also the factor that has the greatest impact on the project.
Compared with the shoddy and shoddy workmanship of those suppliers, this will at most increase costs and delay the construction period. As long as Perfectcot is more ruthless with them, it can still be dealt with in a timely manner.
But the labor movement is different. This is something that can really completely destroy the construction of energy towers.
Purficott did not mean to discriminate against workers, but in this era, the vast majority of workers are indeed no different from illiterate people. It is basically useless for you to reason with them.
Although some people joke that once the prosperity of Langton is mentioned, even the beggars on the streets of Langton will puff up their chests unconsciously, but if you want to ask how many concepts of ethnicity and country these people have, then only I can say that I am just overthinking it. The reason why they feel proud is that the Empire is the most powerful country in the world, and their status as citizens of the Empire has brought them a series of conveniences and benefits.
Patriots also need education. At least they must first understand the concept of family and country before they can talk about patriotism.
In the same way, even if Purficott opens his mouth now, he tells these workers with red lips and white teeth that the world is about to be destroyed, mankind will face the end of the world, and the energy tower is the only way for mankind to survive the doomsday crisis. Chances are, most of them will only regard what Perficott said as nonsense, and may even think that it is a story made up by the nobles to deceive them.
In this case, if Purficott wanted to maintain stability, the suppression of the labor movement became a necessary measure and means.
So no matter how helpless he was, Purficott had to leave his office and drove to the construction site to prepare to deal with this incident.
However, when Purficott just arrived at the scene and before he got out of the car, he heard someone shouting loudly: "Don't believe the nonsense of these government lackeys! They just want to drive us back to work!< br>
They will tell you that they are paid, but is the salary you receive really proportional to the work you put in?
They tell you that you will have a good life if you work hard. But even if I try hard, I can't become an engineer, become a noble, and live a luxurious life!
Think about it, friends, we work like Palu every day, doing three shifts of hard work, and in the end we don’t earn as much as these people who sit around doing nothing and gesticulating. How can there be such a thing in the world? reason!
We have to fight! We're going on strike! We quit! It’s time for these guys who just eat and don’t work every day to try these jobs! ”
Listening to what the speaker said, the expression on Perficott’s face darkened.
If he just said that the work is hard and the salary and reward are not equal, Perficott would Ficott can understand, after all, the wages of workers in this era are indeed not high
Even if she has increased the workers' labor remuneration as much as possible, considering the general environment of this era, she cannot give it. Pay a high salary
If he was complaining about the lack of rewards for hard work, the solidification of social classes, and the lack of avenues for advancement as a worker, Purficott would not say anything.
After all, although the empire allows the children of ordinary workers to go to school and go to college, and after graduation they can get the same job opportunities as everyone else, the glass ceiling always exists.
Unless one can break this inherent unspoken rule with one's own talents, it is possible to truly achieve a class breakthrough.
This was also the time when the three countries of the old world declared war on the empire. The happiest people in the country were the young officers, because this meant that they had the opportunity to achieve enough meritorious deeds on the battlefield and then make a name for themselves. In exchange for an opportunity to break the glass ceiling.
However, the Seventeenth Day War was quickly ended by Perfectcourt, and the promotion opportunities of these young officers were wiped out, and their grievances were still great.
It's just that for this kind of matter, the old men in the military department are naturally responsible for handling it, so Purficott doesn't need to worry about it.
In contrast, what really bothered Purficott was the hidden meaning in the other person's words.
(End of this chapter)