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Chapter 1033 Elections and Craftsmen's Council
"The new labor law and trade union law have been promulgated, and those who can read and write can go and check them out."

At the time when the Eastern and Western armies were fighting fiercely, Huaxia was undergoing vigorous rectification. The government issued a set of special regulations to reduce the occurrence of similar incidents in response to the burning of the textile factory in Suzhou City. It was the first time in history.It is said that the government gathered a lot of manpower and material resources for the benefit of the workers, and the workers who started the riot were embarrassed to continue.

"No one is allowed to employ children under the age of 12. Child laborers under the age of 12 and over the age of 16 must receive no less than two hours of literacy education per day, otherwise they are not allowed to employ them. Anyone who violates the law will be dealt with illegally." A Literacy workers are reading.

"No way, such detailed regulations? If those homeless children are homeless and unable to be employed, wouldn't they be starved to death? Although such regulations are out of kindness..." Some workers After hearing the provisions on child labor in the Labor Law, I raised my objection.

In the era of the Great Famine, not to mention children, even adults with hands and feet will starve to death.

"As mentioned later in this article, for orphans and homeless people, they should take the initiative to seek help from the government. As long as they can provide workers, the government will at least provide a meal. As for disabled people who are unable to work, there will be other regulations." Literate workers followed the notice above.

The legal provisions are very short and summary, there are about a hundred of them, but the total space is not too much, and it is more than enough to fill a notice board.

"Will the government be so kind? There are thousands of poor people in the world, how can they be saved?"

"The balance of the world is easy to say. If there is a famine or war, the government can't even control itself. How can it really follow such regulations?"

Most of the handicraft workers are poor peasants who were forced to leave the farmland due to land annexation or land nationalization. They know how terrible natural disasters and man-made disasters are, and everything the government promises may break their promises.

"Why do you need to worry about the sky, when the time comes, everyone will not be able to eat, and you still wonder if the government has broken its promise?" Some workers retorted that in the famine year, most of the government would not do anything and could only starve to death. Only by achieving a balance between population and food can we overcome the famine.

Because the growth of food production in the farming era was too slow, it could not keep up with the reproduction speed of the population. It may take only one generation for the population to double, but how can the limited cultivated land make the output within 30 to [-] years? double?
"You guys are getting further and further away. Listen carefully to me after reading this labor law. In addition to the treatment of child labor, it also stipulates the treatment of female laborers. Finally, the workers' association is formed, and the representatives of workshop owners and workers are elected at the same time. , responsible for resolving labor disputes, it is best to resolve disputes in a relatively peaceful way, so that today’s situation should not happen again, everyone is in trouble, right?” said the person who was still obsessed with reading the announcement.

"What happened to the first few textile workers who set fire to the textile mill?" asked another worker.

"I heard that although there were hardships, the means they adopted were too extreme, and they still violated the law. It is estimated that they will still be sentenced for the crime of arson and wounding. ’ said a well-informed person.

"At any rate, they helped us win the new law. To us, they are heroes. If the death penalty is imposed directly, it will be chilling." Some workers feel sorry for those textile workers.

"Isn't that right, but arson not only destroys other people's property, but it may also affect innocent people. Who would want their entire life's property to be set on fire? Although Iron Cock is hateful, he is still protected by the law. "

Many people still talk about this matter after the labor law came out.The burning of the textile factory can almost be regarded as a milestone. In the absence of chaos and natural disasters, the protests of the masses prompted the government to issue new laws, making ordinary citizens realize that they also have such power. , and the government is easier to talk to than before.

The handicraftsmen's rights protection incident lasted from the end of autumn to the beginning of the year, and it gradually subsided after the introduction of the new law. The government tried to restrain the handicraft owners in the form of laws and regulations, and provide a certain degree of guarantee for the handicraftsmen.At the same time, the labor law gave workshop owners the right to freely hire workers and set wages to a certain extent.

At the same time as the labor law, there is also a labor union, which selects workers from various fields to form a craftsman committee, which is responsible for defending the rights of the emerging handicraft industry group. Whether it is dealing with business representatives or the government, it is best to negotiate through them as representatives. easy.The daily expenses of the union are paid by the employer. Although the union fee is not much, every handicraft owner who hears the news still has a sad face.

It's not like the wind blows the silver taels, so the union fee is equivalent to a benefit for the employees.

If they knew that the subsequent employer had to pay five social insurances and one housing fund, they would probably feel even more distressed.In the early stage of capital accumulation, it is almost all the hard-earned money of handicraftsmen, and there is no guarantee of medical care for workers. The extent to which employers can do so depends mostly on personal morality.If you meet a good employer, it is possible to send a piece of pork meat to the workers during the holidays.It was Yang Bailao who encountered the bad ones.

"I heard that the workers' union is going to hold elections. What kind of election law is this election?" Although the Jiangnan area is the most open, it is the first time that workers' committees have been elected.

This time, the government piloted the establishment of the first handicraft committee in Suzhou City, where the textile industry is the most developed. It adopted an unprecedented one-person-one-vote election system, and the electors must be handicraft workers in the industry. Negotiate and compromise with the government and workshop owners on behalf of their interests.

"Mostly it is the same as the selection of Xiaolian in the Han Dynasty. Virtuous people live there. Whoever can help us get ahead, we will choose whoever is the representative!" People with brighter minds think of Ju Xiaolian in the Han Dynasty.

However, honoring filial piety is not the right of ordinary people, and this time the handicrafts committee was actually elected by middle and lower handicraftsmen.This is simply beyond the imagination of the craftsmen in Suzhou City.

"We are going to set up the first craftsmen's committee in Suzhou City, but do the words of ordinary people mean what we say?" Workers in textile workshops, iron smelting factories and other workshops in Suzhou City felt both fresh and incredible.

(End of this chapter)