Fox of France

The fact that France and Austria have joined forces to suppress a rebellion by the Hungarian nobles does not mean that France and Austria are allies, at least on the surface. In the French propaganda, Austria is still a conservative, backward, and reactionary regime that oppresses the people. And in Austrian propaganda, France remained a symbol of impiety, mob, and betrayal of tradition. In general, everyone did not give each other good looks in the publicity.

On the other hand, neither France nor Austria has focused their criticism entirely on the other side. On the French side, the focus of criticism is still on the United Kingdom. Especially recently, the British took advantage of the opportunity that France and Austria were busy dealing with the Hungarians and Poles to pass a series of resolutions and began to punish domestic workers. complete repression.

The United Kingdom first passed the "Trade Union Organization Act", which legally declared that any cross-enterprise trade union organization was illegal. And restrict all joint trade unions to dissolve within the stipulated time. Only enterprises with more than 1,000 workers have the right to form trade unions.

This decree also requires that various activities of trade unions, including strikes and even various conference activities, must be approved by the government, and the use of various funds in trade union activities must also be supervised by the government.

On the other hand, the British passed an amendment to the Navigation Regulations. Although it is an amendment to the Navigation Regulations, it is far from Mr. Wren's hope that he can make concessions in exchange for the relaxation of discrimination against British goods by the French. This amendment has nothing to do with this at all.

This amendment was used to restrict the immigration of British to North America.

According to this law, British nationals can only leave the British mainland by British ships-whether they are going to the New World or Europe.

Over the years, because of the industrial development in Europe, especially in France, coupled with the higher wages in France compared to the UK, many British workers once found a new way, which is to save money from France first. Then go to France to work, and then earn a sum of money in France, so that you can immigrate to the New World.

This has caused a lot of population loss in the UK over the years. Many workers have left the UK in this way, which is not a good thing for British industry. But fortunately, in order to ensure the interests of local workers and the workers of the Rhine Union, France quickly took measures. They strictly controlled the work visas for the British. Generally speaking, only those workers with certain skills can get work visas in France, while those British people without special skills can only work illegally when they arrive in France.

The average salary in France is indeed much higher than that in the UK, but this has nothing to do with British workers without legal status. Black workers without legal status are not protected by the law, and if they have not experienced the revolution, if there is no restriction of the revolutionary government, French business owners are actually no more conscientious than British ones. When they found out that these British people were weak, pitiful, and helpless enough, they immediately began to oppress them, and their wages were reduced to the same level as the British.

But British workers continue to go to Europe, but their goal is no longer France, but they go directly to North America through Europe as a transit—because the French are willing to swear allegiance to France for everyone, and they buy tickets to go to Louisiana. Those who settle in Namibia will be provided with a certain subsidy for boat tickets. According to some Britons, the French were trying to secure French dominance on the Continent by sending more German-speaking people to the New World in this way. In fact, two out of every three immigrants arriving in Louisiana today speak German.

The French are not too concerned about the fact that British workers come to "rub benefits". The French even welcomed the British doing this, because it would weaken Britain's industrial capabilities. And those who left the UK in this way and went to North America, they have no loyalty to the UK. In addition, it is actually a good thing to congregate people who do not speak German at all in Louisiana.

Although in theory to get the subsidy, you must know French. But in fact, the French have very low requirements for the French of these British people, basically just saying "Bonjour" (hello) and "Merci" (thank you) is enough. And these two words, even a fool can learn them in a short time.

Because of the impact of this subsidy, the ferry ticket from Europe to Louisiana is about one-third cheaper than the ticket from the UK to there.

The loss of population will naturally reduce the unemployment rate to a certain extent. The unemployment rate has dropped. If it is in later generations, this figure will make people in the government happy for many days. If the head of the government happens to know the king, then the self-praise will have to be praised until the next term. But in this wonderful era, this number has worried the British government.

Yes, the British government is a little worried, because according to market principles, if a factor starts to be in short supply, it will inevitably lead to an increase in the price of this factor. The same is true for the labor force. If the labor force starts to become tense, then wages will definitely rise, and rising wages will increase costs, thereby reducing the profits of "decent people". In the UK, the reason why wages can be maintained much lower than those in continental Europe is not because of the surplus labor force in the UK?

So this bill was passed, and the price of the ferry ticket from the UK to the European continent was increased, so that those British workers who wanted to take the cheap boat from the French would not be able to take advantage of it, and not only the price of the ferry ticket to the European continent would be increased , The price of the ticket to the New World will also increase. Through this method, the number of people going to the New World will be reduced, so as to ensure that there is a sufficient unemployment rate in the country. This is the real reason behind this amendment.

Of course, using the power of the government to artificially change the relationship between supply and demand fully demonstrates that France has a good reason for listing Britain as a "non-free trade country".

It is said that the French State Council is preparing to propose a new bill, which is called the "Special 302 Act", which will authorize the French government to use other "free trade laws" when conducting anti-dumping investigations on products from "non-free trade countries". The price of the commodity in the "trading country" is used as a reference, not the price of origin.

After the British quickly passed this series of bills, they immediately began to act. First of all, the Metropolitan Police Department issued a deadline for rectification to the "Textile Workers' Union". They are required to complete the rectification within forty-eight hours—that is, announce their dissolution. Because the "Trade Union Organization Law" prohibits the existence of any cross-enterprise trade union.

In addition to announcing dissolution, the remaining trade unions that meet the specifications of the "Trade Union Organization Law" also need to undergo rectification in accordance with the requirements of the law. For example, they must accept various inspections of their organization and funding by personnel sent by the government. ,want……

"In short, this is to destroy us completely." Holding the notice from the Metropolitan Police, Fagin said.

"Boss, what shall we do?" asked the butcher.

"We have two ways to go, one is to confront the police department, and even the country." Fei Jin said, "During this period, we organized workers' pickets and equipped some weapons, but these can only be used for defense. Like the possible attack on the trade unions by individual lackeys of factory owners. However, if one wants to rely on pickets to fight against the British government-the general lackey of all factory owners and rich people, it is still far from enough. If you go On the path of confrontation, at least temporarily, we are bound to fail.

As for the second way," Fei Jin smiled, "that is of course surrender. Those of us have already demonstrated certain abilities in the previous struggles with those gentlemen. If we surrender, considering our demonstrated abilities, they should already be willing to take out a piece of meat and bones to recruit us. What do you guys think? "

"Boss, stop talking nonsense!" Buck said.

"That's right, boss, stop talking nonsense!" The others also said.

"If we go the second way, we can probably get some benefits. But other workers, our brothers, are sold by us. I guess Mr. Wren's new contract will come out soon , and it will be more excessive than the last new contract. Because since the workers dare not resist, why not go further?" The butcher said, "Boss, you also know us, among us, there is no coward who betrays his brother. You say What to do, even if we can't do it, we have to bite him before we die."

"We can't fight them head-on, but we can't really break up either." Fei Jin said, "Our United Trade Union will go underground and continue to lead the workers' struggle. In addition, we cannot retreat silently, even if the We have to retreat, and we have to leave something behind. Butcher, you are responsible for arranging for our personnel to go underground, and I, in the name of the United Labor Union, will launch the last strike..."

"Boss..."

Everyone knows how dangerous it would be to launch such an action at this time.

"If we don't fight, if we don't sacrifice, there's no future," Fagin said, "and as long as we show the ability to hurt them, yes, as long as we show the ability, they will consider Are they going to get along? Then they will seriously consider our interests before doing anything. Well, we brothers, in fact, we have been waiting for this day when we started to organize the United Labor Union. Just as St. Paul and St. Peter were waiting for the cross when they left for Rome. Now let's act!"