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The whole afternoon, the two sides were arguing, and they were arguing, to no avail. But that's to be expected.

"Until the last moment, they will never make concessions in terms of interests." On the way back, Fei Jin and several other worker representatives said as they walked, "Actually, they are even more anxious about us, hehe, Every day they stop working, they lose tens of thousands of dollars. Moreover, the distance from the "Basic Fair" is getting closer, and they still have bank loans and various related payments. These people are in a hurry. They will not allow them to drag this matter on. So everyone, don't be intimidated by their deliberate composure today. In fact, they don't have much time, so continue to drag it on. Because of the problem of the capital chain, they If we can’t keep the factory running, the crisis will spread to other fields. This is something they and others behind them cannot tolerate. So, as long as we can persist, they will definitely compromise.”

While talking like this, several people encouraged and cheered each other up while walking back.

"Boss Fei Jin." Bill suddenly said, "Those guys have suffered such a big loss, will they be willing? After the Pakistan Fair, will they change the contract back again?"

This is indeed a big problem. Even Fagin must admit that this possibility exists. Even, if you are more confident, you can directly remove the word "possible".

"They have never been willing to compromise, but why do they have to compromise now? The reason is very simple, because the workers united and showed their strength." Fagin said, "Ren and the others are the most realistic people. Look at today, When we satirize him and sarcasm him like this, we are almost slapping his face with our hands. If it were me, hehe, I’m afraid I would immediately become angry."

Speaking of this, Fei Jin made a self-deprecating hey, and then continued: "But look, is that guy angry?"

"I didn't see it." Bill shook his head, and then he said, "That's why I am more and more worried. This kind of old silver coin that you slapped him in the face and he can still laugh is the scariest. Grandma's I really wish I could stab him to death, otherwise I won't be able to sleep when I think of his smiling face..."

"Bill, don't you think the old silver hated us?" asked Fagin.

"Of course, of course I hate it!" Another worker representative named George interjected, "We are blocking his way of getting rich. If we block others' getting rich, can they not hate us?"

"Killing his parents and playing with his wife, to him, it's not necessarily as hateful as blocking him from getting rich."

"If he hates us so much, why doesn't he turn against us?" Fagin continued.

But this time, without waiting for everyone's answer, he directly answered by himself: "Because he didn't dare, he knew that it would not be worth the loss to turn against us. If he made concessions to us, he would lose one pound, and if he directly conflicted with us, he would lose one pound." He will not choose to conflict with us even if we have a pound and a penny. Therefore, as long as we show our strength and make them feel that turning against us will bring more losses than not turning against us, then they will not dare to fight with us Turn their faces. Therefore, if we want to prevent them from turning their faces in the future, we must further strengthen our unity and unite our organization as a whole, so that once they make any moves, we can immediately make them bear them with united actions. An unbearable loss."

Fagin's words gave them some courage. But Fagin himself knew that things were not that simple. Because the stakes in this actually go far beyond the scope of workers and textile mill owners. There were much more deadly stakes which he did not mention. For example, interests are also divided into short-term interests and long-term interests.

Direct confrontation with the trade unions, leading to a general strike, of course, is harmful to Rennes' short-term interests as a factory owner. But if one guy can destroy the trade union and implement the new contract, it will be more beneficial in the long run. Moreover, if Rennes and the others decide to provoke this struggle, he will make preparations in advance, which will further reduce their short-term losses. Under such circumstances, it will naturally be very difficult to win the fight against them.

And that's not even the worst thing, what's the worst thing? The worst thing is that it is not only the textile merchants, but even all the factory owners who want to trouble them, destroy them, and suppress them. Because if the textile workers rely on strikes to fight for their own interests today, will the workers there also follow suit tomorrow? Will you also use this form to fight for economic benefits for yourself?

Therefore, it is not just Rennes who is eager to destroy them, or even the textile mill owners, but the "rich people" as a whole, and this whole, the knowledge he learned in Toulon told him, this whole There is also a name, it is called: "United Kingdom".

Therefore, the enemy in front of the London Textile Workers Union is not only those textile mill owners, but a larger and more terrifying behemoth-the United Kingdom.

Fagin, and the London Textile Workers' Union fought this opponent like a child holding an embroidery needle against a great ancient red dragon with a challenge level of 26.

However, there are some things that can't be dealt with just because of the large gap in power balance. Just like a child doesn't need to grab his embroidery needles, but even if he doesn't grab his embroidery needles, the red dragon won't be more gentle when he wants to eat him.

Many times, no matter how powerful the opponent is, we can only grab our embroidery needles to fight it. This is not for glory and justice, but just for survival.

As an individual worker, if he has the opportunity to become a worker's representative, he may act as a scab and sell other workers to get thirty silver coins for himself, but for the textile workers as a whole, they can only resist this one. The road can go.

To be honest, Lane and other rich people don't hate workers, they just see workers as a tool, a tool for their benefit. How could they hate such a tool? Although some people are not willing to become a tool from a living person. But for capital: Alienating you, what does it have to do with you?

Therefore, for those who do not want to be alienated into the tool man described by Chaplin in "The Gilded Age", there is only one way to resist, even if the opponent is as strong as the "three-body man", and we are "just bugs".

It's just that these words can't be said to everyone yet. The enemy is too powerful, and if I say this now, it may frighten them. So Fagin thought for a while, and said:

"After this incident, we need to further strengthen the solidarity among the textile workers. And it is not enough to rely solely on the textile workers. Those rich people may have many conflicts at ordinary times, and they wish you could eat Me, I ate you. But on the issue of bullying the poor, they can reach an agreement without discussing it. Therefore, we have to fight them, and if we want to survive, we must organize more poor people. Textile workers, steel workers, shipyard workers, all workers should unite. The rich people in the world have united long ago, and the poor in the world must also unite in order to compete with them, to suffer less, and even Don't be bullied."

A group of people walked and chatted like this. Some people talked about how to strengthen the union among textile workers; some people talked about how to get in touch with workers in other industries, and some people were looking forward to the future. After saving enough money, how to go to the New World and start a new life. People cannot live without hope. In such a painful life, it is this kind of vague hope that supports these workers from falling down and dying.

On the other side, textile mill owners also gathered to discuss what to do next.

"These representatives are really difficult to deal with," said a factory owner.

"Yes. But it's not really impossible." Ren said, "They are very alert, but it is impossible for anyone to maintain alertness for a long time. There will always be a time to relax. So it is not really impossible, It's just that they caught us off guard, so we don't have time to react now."

"Then what do you say?" asked another factory owner.

"Take a step back for now and restore most of the old contract," Wren said, "while finding ways to differentiate them."

"They are always together, how to divide them?"

"We can bypass them and go directly to divide their base, the workers. Those workers are already starving, we just need to make a little concession, we don't even need to give up the starting position, and we can make them feel that this way It seems that we can barely get by. Then, these people will enter the factory, at least want to enter the factory, and then, how much can be used in it? After this period of time, they will have nothing to threaten us. To At that time, hehe..."

Ren sneered and said: "At that time, whoever takes mine will send it back to me; if they eat mine, they will spit it out for me! In fact, if it is not because of the Pakistan Fair, not only us, but many The big shots have long wanted to teach them a good lesson! You are still worried, will they deny our new contract in the future?"

So the "decent people" at the meeting laughed like jackals. At this time, a breeze blew, and the shadows of the candles on the candlesticks in the room swayed, making the shadows of those "decent people" distorted and weird, like ghosts.

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