Chapter 350 Reactions from Both Sides
When Purficott instructed the old butler to arrange for his distant relatives and recall his old servants, Bales and Erwin also returned to their own groups and paid tribute to them. Workers and engineers conveyed Purficott's decision to establish a duplex union.
On the engineer's side, although they are not satisfied with forming a so-called union with workers they regard as scumbags, they also have no special privileges.
But they have no objection to the matter itself. After all, establishing a new association is also a manifestation of gaining power for them.
At the same time, this can be regarded as the importance that Purficott, the northern lord, attaches to them, which is in the interest of the engineer group.
It's just that they didn't get all the benefits, and they had to share power with the workers, which made them feel unsatisfied.
But it is impossible for them to oppose the implementation of this bill.
Even the engineers who are most dissatisfied with the bill only hope to increase the proportion of engineers' representatives in the association and expand the power of engineers, rather than overturning the table.
So although the engineers are not satisfied with the details of the final bill, they still support the bill itself.
But correspondingly, although the workers are satisfied with many details of the bill, they do not have more support for the bill itself.
"Barras, you went to talk for three days and we reached this result? You might as well go with me!" After listening to the news brought back by Barras, several worker representatives gathered together. Among them, the most grumpy one The bad one directly expressed his dissatisfaction with Barras.
Another representative next to him pulled him, and then asked Barras: "Barras, the workers trust you. I believe that the current result is not what you want to see. "Yes, can you tell me why there is such a result? I think everyone would like to hear your explanation."
Although they are not satisfied with the result of Baras' discussion, they do not doubt it. Lars betrayed the interests of the working class.
In the past, Barras has already proven his reliability and trustworthiness through various actions.
At this point, the workers still have basic trust in him.
Faced with the inquiry from the workers' representatives, Balas said frankly: "It was the intention of the Earl. Although she allowed the establishment of the duplex union and allowed us to participate in the management of the association, she did not want us to cooperate with the association. Who among the engineers has the upper hand?
You can see this from the quota of nine representatives. We have four votes and the engineers have four votes. As for the final result, it is all up to us. As for who the lord voted for.
So I did shrink back. I want to sincerely apologize to everyone for giving up some benefits that I could have gained. ”
Speaking of this, Barras lowered his head to several worker representatives present and expressed his apology to them.
However, everyone did not say anything at this time, but stared at Barras, waiting for his next words.
After all, everyone let him talk out of their trust in Barras. Everyone was dissatisfied with the outcome of the negotiation, but they also understood that Barras was not that kind of weak person. He would not give up without a reason. Benefits that can be fought for. So they were all waiting for an explanation from Barras, even the most grumpy worker representative.
“Although I don’t know the specific situation, judging from the conversation between the lord and the engineer representatives, as well as the attitude of the lord himself, there may be a huge hidden behind her building the energy tower. Secret." Barras expressed his guess and judgment, and then explained: "For this secret, the lord needs the entire northern territory to remain stable. This is why she has been emphasizing the progress of the construction and at the same time asking everyone not to cause trouble.
For the sake of stability in the north, she will indeed make some concessions and compromises, but if we use this to threaten her or even cause riots, this lord lady will definitely usher in the final crisis. Cruel suppression!
And I have a hunch that the secrets hidden by the lord may be closely related to each of us. Under such circumstances, I made an independent decision and chose to cooperate with the lord instead of doing this. To fight for benefits.”
Barras explained his choice and the relevant reasons.
Others also fell into thinking after listening.
Although they have not read any books, those who can be elected as workers' representatives are not reckless or stupid people, and they can understand why Barras did this.
However, some representatives still asked: "But what is the secret of the lord? The empire is now booming, everything is prosperous, and she has absolute power. Even if someone really creates a disturbance, her army will What is she worried about if we can directly suppress it?”
“I don’t know, she didn’t tell me, nor did she tell the representatives of the engineers, but I think we must pay attention to this matter, at least not at this time. To get into trouble with her." Bala admitted that although he didn't know what Purficott was worried about, it must be a very important matter.
Although he was not sure what impact this major incident would have on the workers in the north, he was sure that if the workers made trouble at this time, they would be suppressed in the most brutal and bloody way.
In order to prevent everyone's sacrifices from being in vain and to prevent the power of the workers' group from being wasted in unnecessary places, Barras made the decision to compromise.
And his decision was ultimately supported by other worker representatives.
“I agree with Barras’s point of view. We really don’t need to provoke the Lord. Her willingness to establish a joint association has given us a channel to peacefully fight for our rights. There is no need to let our Comrade, we will shed blood and sacrifice in exchange for the benefits that we could have obtained through sitting down and negotiating." One of the workers' representatives, who seemed to be more polite, spoke up and expressed his support for Barras and the lords.
Some others agreed with his words, but some felt that he was too weak.
But in any case, after some discussion, the worker representatives finally raised no objections to the bill itself.
After all, this has indeed secured many benefits for the workers, and it is a bill that is beneficial to them.
As for the fact that after the bill is passed, negotiations and association proposals are needed to win more benefits for the workers, and workers’ rallies or direct strikes and demonstrations cannot be launched, several worker representatives did not find this unacceptable.
So, the bill to establish the United Workers and Engineers Association was passed smoothly and implemented.
(End of this chapter)