blackstone code

Chapter 1672 The wind is rising

Although the Bupain area is rated as the least suitable area for ordinary people to live in every year, there are still a large number of ordinary people struggling to survive here.

They live in areas with the most unsound public facilities in the city, and some places don't even have telephone booths—

There used to be, and then the payphones were broken by some youngsters on the street.

They want the coins in it, but they don't have the key, but they have a hammer or something.

They thought that after destroying the telephone booth, Bu Paine Telegraph and Communications Company would reinstall the telephone.Turns out these neighborhoods have been blacklisted.

Not only did they stop putting in brand new phones, the phone booths were pulled!

The people living here are very poor, and the difficulty of life makes them extra irritable.

As the city with the highest consumption level in the Federation, Bupain is not an easy task to support a family here!

They are unwilling to leave here to go to cities with a better living environment, because they believe that one day their persistence will bring them great rewards!
For example... the demolition and reconstruction of the expansion of the urban circle.

Once these dilapidated blocks are included in the scope of reconstruction, the demolition will allow every household to receive extremely generous compensation!
You should know that some downtowns say they are downtowns, but in fact they are not particularly far from the city center, they are just on the edge of the city center.

Once the city expands, the land there will be priced in gold!
For this reason, many people are enduring the hardships of life here and are still struggling to support them.

John is one of them. He and his family live in an apartment of only 65 square meters.

Property rights are his own.

He has a very ordinary job, and he can get 410, six yuan and 75 cents a month. This money seems to be much higher than the minimum wage stipulated by the minimum hourly wage law, but it is actually not much.

Coupled with the current heavy tax rate, in addition to paying taxes every month, he still has less than 170 yuan left.

Fortunately, the food price of the federal government has not been raised yet. The federal government may have considered the inconvenience that the high tax rate would bring to ordinary families. Now, food transactions in various regions have been brought under control.

The price of food is not only not higher than in the non-war period in the past, but has dropped a lot, but the quantity purchased by each household is limited.

You can buy less, but not more.

The same goes for vegetables and meat, their money is able to sustain them, but that's all.

It makes their lives very tight!
John is middle-aged, and like most men who don't make money, has serious anxiety, and it's more serious because he lost his job for so long during the Great Depression a few years ago that he is now three years short. Months to pay the social security benefits in full before retirement.

In other words, according to the current rules, he cannot enjoy lifelong social security!

That is to say, this part of the pension will be refunded to him in the end, and if he wants to enjoy medical security, then even after he retires, he still needs to continue to pay enough fees every month.

Only in this way will he be reimbursed if he is hospitalized or buys medicine.

He went to the Social Security Bureau many times, and he was willing to make up for the three months' expenses, even if he paid a little more, it didn't matter.

In fact, in the entire tax ratio, the proportion of social security funds is not high.

But the Social Security Bureau told him that the rules are the rules, if you miss it, you will have no chance!
This has also made John very irritable recently. Sometimes he will ship goods to his family for no reason, get angry at his wife who doesn't understand anything, and get angry at his two children who are still in high school!
No way, he couldn't hold back his anger. When he thought that he might have to work until the day he died of old age or illness, he couldn't stop his anger and sadness.

On this day, he came to the factory without much energy and sat outside the assembly line to pick up the replacement workers.

He came a little early, there was still a little while before the changing of the guard.

Taking advantage of this Kung Fu time, some people will gather together to chat.

John is not so interested in these topics, he is only thinking about how to find a way to make up the expenses for these three months.

It doesn't matter whether you find someone or spend some money, in short, this matter cannot be delayed.

Even if his pension is only at the lowest level, only more than 100 yuan, but this money is enough for him not to starve to death!

At this moment, he suddenly heard someone talking about social security, and he couldn't help but lean over.

"...if the reform is successful, the young people in the future will only need to pay for more than 20 years."

"The world is really getting better and better. If it can be implemented now, we can also enjoy this rule!"

John quickly asked, "What are you talking about? I just heard that it only takes more than 20 years to pay the payment?"

"Social Security?"

Several workers nodded one after another, and the person who had a good relationship with John even asked, "Haven't you been running about this thing recently?"

"No one told you the news?"

After confirming, he told John what was happening, but he was not very happy.

"Don't be too happy too early. I heard that Congressman Williams had nothing to do during the first hearing. Maybe this matter will be the same as the previous ones, and no one will bring it up soon!"

In the past, there have been some presidents with ideals and pursuits in the Federation. For example, there was a Mr. President with two windows opened on his head. He raised the issue of medical reform.

And during his tenure, he tried to do this, and then ended because of an accident.

There are many similar things. At the beginning, people always had hope, but gradually, they lost their enthusiasm.

Only when those candidates are in the election, sometimes people get excited for a while because of their promises, but soon these emotions settle down.

Everyone knows, they're just talking.

John's expression was very ugly. He thought for a while, as if he was saying to himself, "This president is different. He said he wants to promote education reform. Now the federation has several pilot projects."

"I heard that as long as their studies meet their cut-off marks, children can go to university..."

About going to college, almost all parents have the same idea.

They hope that their children will go to college not only hope that their children can have a bright future, in fact, they also hope that because their children can have a good future, so that their own lives will also change!

John used this incident to convince himself, "Education reform is going on, and social security system reform should not be a problem."

He pondered for a moment, "We should let more people know about this, we want Mr. President to feel that we are standing behind him!"

His fellow worker couldn't help laughing, "No offense, but your idea is crazy, maybe you can get some help from the union..."

Suddenly, John felt a sense of enlightenment. He patted his friend on the shoulder, "It's time for you to remind me, I owe you!"

He said and returned to work, and the changing of the guard began.

Although he can't wait to fly to the trade union now, he also knows that being absent for no reason will cost him a full attendance subsidy.

Sometimes he doubts that maybe these various bonuses are the salary he deserves.

It's just that those capitalists have turned it into a rope that binds them firmly!

Let yourself be exploited and oppressed by these capitalists helplessly!
This work is eleven hours.

He started work at eight o'clock, and it was seven o'clock when he finished his day's work.

This is the time when most of the factories in the Federation go off work or change their guards.

This month John is on the day shift, and next month, he will be on the night shift.

No one works the day shift all the time, just like no one works the night shift all the time!

After get off work, John did not go home immediately, but dragged his tired body to the workers' union in this area.

There will be a labor union organization inside the factory, and there will be a larger branch in the factory area.

When he arrived at the union, many people had already gathered here.

There are actually not a few people in John's situation. After several years of the Great Depression, the real industry was almost devastated.

Most of the factories either stopped working or closed down, which also caused many workers to lose the opportunity to enjoy the social security system for life!

The news that is circulating on Bu Paine's side is, for them, the last straw to save them!

John felt that his body was full of strength again. He looked at these people. In his eyes, these people were no longer strangers, but his comrades in arms!

Together, they will fight for their future!

Although the labor unions have not engaged in any major strikes in the federal mainland these years, this does not mean that their influence is declining.

On the contrary, with the increasing number of immigrant workers, workers' unions have found new growth points!
Coupled with the economic improvement and the international environment, the Federation's production capacity will not be excessive, and the export of goods will continue, and the real industry will be able to do it again!

The workers' union does not need to launch any large-scale movement, and can obtain countless benefits from it!

Regarding the recent rumors and the demands of the workers, the Bu Pain union is also very cautious!
For the trade union executives, there are not only huge opportunities, but also countless benefits!

At this time, in the meeting room on the third floor of the office building of the Workers' Federation of Trade Unions, all the top leaders of the trade union were sitting together.

Just like those congressmen and gentlemen have considered, the reform of the social security system will involve tens of billions of fiscal dollars every year.

The workers' union is also keenly aware of the huge interests in it!
Congress is unwilling to let it go, and they also want to intervene!
In the meeting room, the new president looked at the information in his hand and said, "Everyone, don't sit still and express your opinions..."

(End of this chapter)