Chapter 179

The task of coming to Detroit baozixuan is only half completed, and now the signing has been completed. Then the rest is to negotiate with trade union organizations and workers' representatives. Although the United States is a capital society, workers are the masters in the automotive industry, and trade unions exist in the general form of a supreme emperor. Let alone heiyun, a new force that has just entered the U.S. auto industry, that is, Centennial auto giants such as Ford and general motors have no good way to organize trade unions.

At the beginning of the negotiation, the trade union organization intervened, but it stopped after seeing the intention of black cloud group to retreat. Now that everything has been settled, the trade union organization began to work again and asked baozixuan to increase workers' wages and reduce working hours. At the same time, they threatened to strike, even if they were ordinary demands. Now we directly require workers to double their wages and reduce their working hours by one third; Don't you treat black clouds as a Kaizi!

Any enterprise can't stand this condition, and baozixuan didn't expect it to be like this. I've only heard of the American automobile trade union before. It's hateful and some are greedy. I didn't want to go so far. No wonder many enterprises have to move out of the United States. They would rather increase freight than build factories in Asia. These workers are really too difficult to serve. An entrepreneur asked them to do things, which many people can't stand. Baozixuan is not included, and on the third day after the acquisition, he will meet with trade union members and workers' representatives.

After the economic crisis in the United States in the 1930s, President Roosevelt implemented the "New Deal". With the promulgation of the National Industrial Recovery Act and the National Labor Relations Act, American trade unions obtained their legal status and the right to collective bargaining. Detroit, the northern city of the United States, is the concentration of American automobile manufacturing enterprises. The National Federation of automobile workers was established in Detroit in 1930. After the establishment of the trade union, most of the workers of the three major automobile companies joined the trade union. But the ensuing problem is that the management of the three major companies boycott trade unions. In order to prevent the trade union from developing members within the company, the management has found many "workers thieves" among the workers. These people will inform the managers of the trade union activities, and the managers will then punish or dismiss those workers who have joined the trade union and those who are dissatisfied.

In 1936, the U.S. economy has basically come out of the crisis, and the output of cars has reached the highest point in history. Among the three major companies, General Motors ranks first in the output of cars. Its products are very popular, and the wages of workers are higher than those of Ford and Chrysler. However, the workers are still very dissatisfied. They see that managers' wages are much higher than their monthly income of $1000, with an annual salary of $200000. Moreover, the working conditions in the factory are very poor. Workers are not allowed to go to the toilet during working hours. They work six days a week for 12-14 hours a day. The running speed of the assembly line in the workshop was very fast, which caused many workers to be injured. In July 1936, the temperature in the Flynn special agent factory of General Motors reached 38 degrees, resulting in the death of several workers from heatstroke. The company did not pay compensation to their families. These situations make workers realize that in order to improve wages and benefits, trade unions must be recognized by management in factories and collective bargaining must be carried out.

At the end of 1936, the UAW wrote a letter to General Motors requesting to negotiate with the company on the issue of collective bargaining. But it was rejected by the management. On December 28, a worker at GM's Cleveland plant pulled down the switch of the assembly line and the workers began to strike. In the past, workers would march out of the factory after the strike, but this time they did not. After the strike, they sat down quietly in their respective jobs, which produced a new form of strike - sit in strike. The workers also set up picket lines at the door of the workshop to prevent temporary workers recruited by the management from entering the workshop to replace them. At the same time, the workers carefully protected the machinery and equipment in the workshop, so as not to leave an excuse for the management to "destroy the company's property". The strike involved 200000 workers.

After the strike, Frank Murphy, governor of Michigan, where Detroit is located, had planned to use the army and police to force workers to return to work. Before he started, he called Lewis, chairman of the American Federation of industrial unions, an organization of which the National Federation of auto workers belongs, and threatened to use force. But Lewis replied, "I will ask the workers to fight to the end. I will go to the largest window of the factory, open the window, take off my coat, peel off my shirt and expose my chest. If you order to shoot, let your first bullet shoot into my chest. At the moment I fall, you will hear your grandfather's voice asking you in your ear - frank, are you sure this is right? ". Later, according to Murphy's memory, Lewis's last sentence touched him too much, because his grandfather was hanged after being arrested during an uprising. Finally, instead of ordering the army and police to enter the factory to suppress the workers, Murphy just asked them to isolate the union picket from the security guards employed by the company in case of conflict. At the same time, Murphy also put pressure on GM's management to negotiate with the labor union.

After the strike at all GM factories, the Union also adopted the isolation strategy and did not organize strikes at Ford and Chrysler. As a result, the two companies drove at full power to produce cars, which soon posed a threat to GM's market, which made GM's shareholders unbearable. They put pressure on the management to negotiate with the trade union as soon as possible to end the strike and resume production.

In February 1937, after 44 days of strike, workers and trade unions finally obtained the commitment of GM's management: not preventing workers from joining workers, not discriminating against trade union members and increasing wages. On February 11, the trade union announced the resumption of work. The strike laid the foundation for the collective bargaining mechanism of the American automobile manufacturing industry. Through a round of collective bargaining for several years, the wages and benefits of American automobile workers have also been continuously increased.

Looking at the past strike records and negotiation objectives of the American automobile trade union, it may have been to get a better working environment. Now the trade union organization has changed its flavor. It is more like a political tool for some people to achieve their goals. If the workers strike just after the acquisition, it will definitely be bad news for the overseas expansion of heiyun, and will also have an impact on the reputation of baozixuan.

Baozixuan also knows that it is really necessary to appropriately improve the welfare treatment of workers, but the welfare treatment of American workers is already the highest in the world. This made him very unwilling, but now he can only harden his head. After all, when the U.S. Department of Commerce approved the acquisition of jeep and dodge by black cloud group, it was required not to move the two auto companies out of the United States, and not to dismiss more than 200 workers.

Now it seems that all this is a pit. We must be more careful when acquiring American enterprises in the future. If you are not careful, you will be taken to the ditch. On the one hand, the Ministry of Commerce, workers and trade unions are on the other hand.

These people have been growing up in the bloody struggle, and giants with deep roots in the United States like GM have been overwhelmed. Now heiyun, a river crossing dragon, really needs to keep a low profile.

Baozixuan is collecting information about workers and trade unions, and the trade unions are also collecting information about baozixuan and heiyun group. This is about the welfare and treatment of workers and the voice of trade unions. Both sides are gearing up for the most reasonable solution.

The workers hope to get the treatment they want, and heiyun group hopes to solve the matter as soon as possible. The development of the first hybrid vehicle is nearing the end, and now it is time for the factory to make a sample vehicle.