blackstone code

Chapter 505 Unity and Differentiation

It is not uncommon for workers to be lazy in the federation. Workers in many factories are also habitually lazy, and the situation in the federation is more complicated than here.

Under the protection of various laws and the blessing of workers' unions, even if the capitalists know that the workers are lazy, there is no good way to solve this problem.

The capitalists are so hard that the workers will go on strike and parade, and even the lawyers of the labor union will file a lawsuit, accusing the capitalists of exploiting and oppressing the human nature that needs rest, forcing workers to engage in high-intensity physical labor and not giving them time to rest.

This alone is enough to cause capitalists to lose a lot of money, and various litigation costs and attorney fees will become a big burden.

The capitalists won, and the worker apologized and resigned. The worker had nothing to lose, but the capitalists lost a lot of money.

But if the workers win, then there will be headache negotiations between the capitalists and the labor union. The labor union will ask the capitalist to increase the treatment of workers in his factories and increase their rest time to ease the so-called labor union. tension.

This will cost a lot of benefits, no matter whether they win or lose, it is difficult for the capitalists to take advantage of it, so most of the time, as long as the workers' laziness is not excessive or too serious, they will turn a blind eye.

Nell can also be regarded as a small half of a capitalist, and the reason why he is a small half is because he is in a state of half-knowledge and has not grasped the essence of a capitalist.

Thinking of this, Lynch decided to teach Nell a lesson. He took out a cigarette, lit it, crossed his legs, put one hand on his lap, and pressed the other on the edge of the table, "Nell, you know what? , what is the most striking feature of the struggle between the working class and the capitalists?"

After asking this question, he might feel that the words were a little too vague, so he explained in detail, "I mean, do you know how the working class can effectively resist the oppression and exploitation of the capitalists, and how the capitalists are How do you break down this confrontation?"

Nell thought about it seriously for a moment, and finally shook his head. Education and experience restricted him. He had been a worker, but he couldn't feel the kind of confrontation Lynch said, "I don't quite understand."

Lynch smiled without any surprise, "The workers fight against the capitalists through unity, and the capitalists only need to give the workers some internal competition to achieve their goal of dividing them."

"You may not feel it, but this form of confrontation has always existed, even now."

"Among the many tasks of the workers' union, one of the more important is to unite the workers. They will establish a worker organization branch in each factory to unite the workers to form a force that can fight against the capitalists. You were also a member of the union before. You should know this better than I do."

When some things are left unsaid, even though there is only a layer of paper as thin as a cicada's wing, people can't understand them.

When Lynch said this, Nelton suddenly came to his senses, and his expression was a little surprised. It felt like a nose that had been blocked for three days was suddenly ventilated, and a burst of spiritual light went straight to the sky.

At that time, their factory organized workers' collective activities at every turn. Now that I think about it, isn't that just the role of workers' organizations emphasizing "unity"?
The workers participated in the activities together and showed the strength of "unity", so that the capitalists had to make concessions to them, such as asking for half a day off to engage in trade union activities, and the capitalists finally accepted it in black.

But...he looked at Lynch again, he had a special feeling that this knowledge was very important to him.

This is the benefit of money. Money can make people deal with some problems calmly instead of being sensitive. If the father and son are very poor at this moment, when they talk about this problem, Nell will probably think it is Lin. Qi's provocation and humiliation.

But they all have a lot of money, and they can naturally calmly face these problems that are unlikely to make them ugly.

A poor man will try his best to avoid talking about his poor and poor life, but a rich man is willing to tell others about his poverty in the past. The amount of wealth is different, and the mentality is different.

Lynch took a puff of cigarette and continued, "In order to deal with these united workers, the capitalists have gone through a long search and found a very effective method, which is to compete in groups."

If one of Nell's noses had been cleared just now, it was all cleared in an instant, and a burst of cold air made his brain extremely clear in an instant!
Lynch hadn't finished speaking, "Facing the united enemy...", he chuckled, "I may not have used the word accurately, if it was you, it is best not to use such a word, facing these The easiest way to unite the working class is to divide them."

"But capitalists can't do it so blatantly. They figured out a way to group workers into workshops or assembly lines, and then designate a reward system without punishment to increase competition between groups①."

"This system is very unreasonable, but the glory and substantial rewards will attract people from each group to compete for the first place."

"It might not be strong enough at first, but over time people's mentality changes and soon there's a sense of competition between each other, and that serves the purpose of dividing them."

"Workers don't need any additional means to generate a sense of confrontation, even hatred. The capitalists only need to provide some glory and benefits on a regular basis, and the workers who unite will fight to the death on their own."

"If you pay attention to this, you should see that competition is everywhere."

Nell nodded completely subconsciously. There was such competition in his existing workshop. The owner of the factory proposed to give extra bonuses to the workshop with the highest output, but there was no penalty for other workshops.

In this way, there is no punishment system for competition, but the competition between several workshops in the factory has been fierce all year round.

Even in the activities organized by the labor union, almost everyone could not speak. Now he suddenly felt that the few times someone made small reports might be done by people from other groups.

This kind of repulsion developed to the end, so that in this wave of closures, the opinions of many workers were not unified, which also led to so many things that happened later...

He suddenly came to his senses at this time, "You want me to do the same thing here, divide the natives outside, and increase their internal competitiveness?"

Lynch nodded, "It's an easy thing to do, but their civilization is not up to the minimum standards of the Federation, so we also need to provide them with some extra motivation."

"Divide them into at least three groups. At the end of each cycle, use part of the salary of the bottom-ranked team as a reward to distribute to No.1, and deduct part of No.2's salary into a bonus pool."

"In addition to the small cycle, set a big cycle. If you have seen the rugby league..." Nell nodded repeatedly when Lynch said this. He likes rugby, "...then you must be able to understand the points system."

"The wages deducted from No.2 will be distributed to the group with the highest score in a large cycle at one time at the end. It is necessary to mobilize everyone's sense of competition and hatred, and you don't even need to urge them to do anything. They You will work hard on your own.”

"Of course, in order to avoid some people deliberately dragging others down, at the end of each small cycle, each group is given a chance to nominate, and the workers who voted more than half of them are fired..."

When Lynch said this, he already had some irritating smiles on his face. He licked his lips. This plan is actually an improvement plan to expand internal competitiveness.

Except for No.1, everyone will suffer, only No.1 is good, everyone's interests are involved, including No.2 is no exception.

Why not divide the worker group into two groups, because complete opposition may also lead to tacit shift changes.

In this cycle, one group is the first, and in the second cycle, the second group is the first, so the number of beneficiaries must be controlled, so that those who can benefit from the vested interests can only occupy a small number of people, and give the majority of people whose interests have been violated a change. If the opportunity arises, they will fight each other out of their brains.

Nell was still thinking seriously, but the deputy manager had already shown a stunned expression. He glanced at the deputy manager, who immediately smiled and lowered his head, his eyes were full of admiration and some fear.

In fact, neither of them knew that this method of dividing the worker group through internal competitiveness was the first to be hurt by the capitalists themselves.

The disorderly competition within the industry makes every capitalist miserable, so they propose various industry norms and standards to restrain each other's disorderly and chaotic competitive behavior.

The capitalists can do this because some of them have the right to speak, such as some large group companies, they are both "workers" and "bosses", so capitalists can change this situation.

The working class is different, because they are only "workers" and will always be "workers" and will never be "bosses". They cannot replace capitalists to formulate orderly rules for competition in factories and worker groups.

As long as the workers cannot truly replace the capitalists as the masters of the country, they cannot avoid the fate of being divided.

No matter how many years the capital society and capitalism have developed, labor and management have been fighting for so many years, so that the current federation has far more capital experience than other countries. This is very important in the early stages of the development of the international community.

After a few minutes, Nell seemed to have figured it out completely. His expression was a little excited, a little exaggerated, and also a little weird, "You guys are really nothing!"

He said this sentence from the standpoint of a worker, because he used to be a worker.

Lynch smiled without saying a word, and soon Nell followed up with the second half of the sentence, "But it's very effective!"

Can it be effective?
This is at least 100 years ahead of experience!

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① The reason for not deducting money is to avoid being involved in labor protection laws such as the hourly wage law.

(End of this chapter)