Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 1422 Rejecting moral kidnapping
What Xiaos never expected was that before he had time to implement his new plan in Cape, the dock workers in Cape Town gave him a blow.

On the second day after Stoudemire was elected governor of Cape Town, the dock workers in Cape Town went on strike collectively, demanding to reduce working hours, increase wages and paid holidays, and improve the working and living conditions of dock workers.

The first few can be understood. The request to improve the working environment made Stoudemire confused. The dock workers must work in the dock. How should this be improved? Do they all work in offices?
Come on, the Cape Town docks are far from automated.

"The Workers' Union rejected the negotiations with the Cape Town Municipal Government and asked to meet with you directly. Their requirements include an eight-hour work system, one day off every week, and no less than three months of paid vacation per year. At the same time, they also require Single dormitory and free working meals, oh, the most important thing is salary, they demand the same as Ford in the United States, a minimum of $5 a day--" Cape Town Mayor Bresler is at a loss, this is Cape Town dock workers in two years The Cape Town City Government has met the requirements of the Workers' Union for the third strike in the previous two strikes. This time the Workers' Union has intensified. Bresler can only rejoice that the Workers' Union has crossed Cape Town this time The city government wants to have a direct dialogue with Stoudemire.

"The legal currency in southern Africa is the rand, not the dollar." Stoudemire sneered. Ford's workers are still different from Cape Town dock workers.

The most intuitive comparison, the value created by Ford workers is completely different from the dock workers in Cape Town. Ford produces cars, and a car sells for at least three hundred dollars. The value created is high, and the wages of workers Naturally also high.

The value created by dock workers is very low, and they are not irreplaceable. It may take months or years for Ford to train a skilled worker, so it is understandable to give a higher salary.

Longshoremen lived by selling their physical strength, and anyone could do it, so the United Workers got the wrong job. They couldn't look up to Ford's workers, they wanted to look up to New York's longshoremen.

"In my impression, most of the dock workers in Cape Town should be African-American workers. What kind of workers' union is this, and who are the members?" Stoudemire doesn't know much about the workers' union, but according to Port Edward and Walvis Bay The situation in Cape Town should not be much different.

It should be explained here that most manual labor industries in southern Africa are completed by hiring African-American workers from neighboring countries and regions.

The low cost brought by African-American workers is the core competitiveness of southern African commodities. The average salary of white workers or Chinese-American workers is more than five times higher than that of African-American workers. It is precisely because of the large number of African-American workers that Southern Africa On the premise of ensuring the quality of high-quality products, the cost can still be kept down to an incredible level, which is the real reason why the products in southern Africa are selling well.

Once the wages of African-American workers were raised accordingly, southern African goods would lose most of their competitiveness, and the consequences would be almost devastating.

But the leaders of the trade unions don't care about these things. Whether the products are competitive or not is the main concern of the company. What they consider is their own interests, and what they care about is the influence of the trade union. As for the interests of the company, that's okay.

For workers, even if the company closes down, it has nothing to do with them, just change to another company and continue to work.

"In the past, most of its members were white or Chinese. In the past two years, the Workers' Union has also begun to try to include African-American workers in the scope of protection. It is for this reason that the city government rejected the request of the Workers' Union, so they crossed over The city government wants to have a direct dialogue with you." Bresler sneered, the leaders of the workers' union probably made a wrong calculation, and based on what Bresler knew about Stoudemire, Stoudemire probably couldn't tolerate this situation.

"How many workers are on strike?" Stoudemire was expressionless.

"About [-], of which more than [-] are African-American workers." Bresler is also helpless, and there are only a few people in Cape Town now.

"Fire them all!" Stoudemire said decisively, this trend cannot last forever.

"Fire all?" Bresler never expected Stoudemire to be so decisive.

"Yes, all of them will be fired. Don't they want to go to work? Then find someone who is willing to go to work." Stoudemire is not subject to any threats. If the leaders of the Workers' Union are willing to sit down and have a good talk, then Stoudemire may also give If they have a chance, they will come up and show off?
This nima Xiaosi doesn't show his power, he really thinks the governor is a sick cat.

"Thousands of people—" Breisler still didn't know enough about Stoudemire.

"Hehe, there are so many human resources companies in southern Africa, they must be happy to take over this business." Stoudemire doesn't care, Rhodesia hires workers, and that's on a scale of [-] people, and thousands of people are really a drizzle.

"Let's meet and listen to their request—" Dr. Starr Jameson, who had been silent for a long time, now knew that after the death of old Cecil Rhodes, the South African company was not without reason. Many people think that the South African company's resurgence is due to the advantages of the general environment, and the role of Stoudemire is absolutely ignored.

Stoudemire doesn't speak, just see each other. Anyway, it will take time for human resource companies to organize workers to come to Cape Town.

The next morning, the leaders of the three workers' unions came to Stoudemire's mansion.

Stoudemire didn't meet them immediately, but asked them to take them to the waiting room first.

This wait lasted three hours, from 9:12 am to [-]:[-] am, before the three were brought into Stoudemire's office.

"Please hurry up, Mr. Governor is very busy with work, you only have half an hour." The glamorous secretary smiled brightly and generously, and did not treat the three of them differently because of their identities, which was basic courtesy.

The three of them didn't speak. They knew what Xiao Si meant, so they didn't care if they were busy or not.

Stoudemire was indeed very busy. When three people walked into Stoudemire's office, Stoudemire was signing a document. In addition to Stoudemire, Dr. Starr Jameson and Bresler were also in the office.

The three are very familiar with Dr. Starr Jameson and Bresler, and the leader nods and smiles at Dr. Starr Jameson and Bresler, Dr. Starr Jameson and Bresler Ledu didn't respond, his face was expressionless.

"Please sit down, why don't you introduce yourself?" Stoudemire was not wearing a suit, a white shirt with a black vest, and the collar of the shirt was unbuttoned.

All three of them were dressed in serious suits and leather shoes, or expensive handmade suits.

Stoudemire smiled and looked at the three people with great interest, not at all the decisive and ruthless yesterday when he wanted to expel all 6000 people.

"Your Excellency Governor, I am Ruff Eric, the president of the Workers' Union, and these two are Smith and Karma. We are here to talk to you about the treatment of dock workers." Ruff Eric He speaks English with a London accent, and obviously has received higher education, which is difficult to connect with his identity as a dock worker.

"I want to ask, what are your jobs?" Stoudemire dominated the situation, and his interest in the three people was obviously greater than that of the dock workers.

"Well, I'm the head of a law firm and own a law firm in Cape Town—" Ruff Eric was clearly ill-prepared for the question.

"Then how can you, the head of a law firm, represent the dock workers in Cape Town?" Stoudemire asked a sharp question. Generally, in this case, you are either seeking fame or profit. The social status of lawyers in southern Africa is far lower than that of the United Kingdom and the United States. lawyer.

"The Dockworkers' Union invited me to be the legal advisor of the Federation and to meet with you on behalf of the Dockworkers' Federation." Ruff Eric was serious.

"Then that is to say, you receive your salaries from the Dock Workers Union, how much does the Dock Workers Union pay you every year?" The question Stoudemire asked had nothing to do with the dock workers' demands, and he really didn't want to know the demands of the workers. .

"Mr. Rhodes, this has nothing to do with what we are going to talk about this time." Ruff Eric didn't want to disclose.

"This time? That means we will meet next time." The smile on Stoudemire's face was full of undisguised sarcasm.

"Of course it will, and if the state government can't meet our demands, then we won't stop." Roof Eric said sternly.

"Then let's talk about your requirements." Stoudemire leaned back on the back of the chair, assuming a listening posture.

"We're asking for an increase in salary to five dollars a day—" Ruff Eric had just started, but was interrupted by Stoudemire.

"Wait, why do you think that your work can be compared with the workers of Ford Motor?" 365 rand salary, how is this possible.

Including African-American workers, the average annual salary of southern African dock workers is about 50 rand.

Excluding African-American workers, white workers and Chinese-American workers can get about 120 rand per year, which is basically in line with the normal salary level in southern Africa.

"Dock workers are workers just like Ford workers, why can't they get the same salary?" Ruff Eric plausible, it sounds reasonable.

"Eric, you are a lawyer. Is it possible that the cost of filing a lawsuit with you is the same as that of the Royal Queen's Counsel?" Stoudemire snorted. The annual income of the Royal Counsel is probably Eric's annual income. more than ten times.

"It's really different, but Your Excellency Governor, don't you want everyone in Cape Town under your rule to live a happy life?" Ruff Eric's angle is strange, and in the words of the 21st century, it is moral kidnapping .

Stoudemire laughed, of course he hopes that everyone in Cape Town can live a happy life, but certainly not in this way.

ps: I walked too much yesterday, my body was sore in the morning, and my fingers couldn’t move when I typed. This shit really needs to exercise——

(End of this chapter)