Blackstone Code

On the third day after the first day of hearings, with the intervention of Congress and the Presidential Office, union representatives and people from the capitalist camp sat together.

All the major financial groups came, but only a considerable part of these financial groups sat in the auditorium.

A lot has happened in the past few days, which may technically be only seventy-two hours, but the federal government's plan to open a factory in an official shelter still attracted the attention of all capital.

Even in the doomsday, capital and capitalists are still pursuing higher profits.

Including those consortiums that have established their own private refuges, they are also very concerned about this matter.

After all, a shelter that can accommodate hundreds of thousands or millions of people cannot compare with the population and market of an official shelter.

As long as roads can be kept open and logistics can be smooth, capitalists are not particularly pessimistic.

This is like the time when early human civilization conquered the ocean.

Back then it was just different port powers and countries, now these have become refuges and train transport is safer and more reliable.

Once they determine that there is a market and profit in official refuges, they are likely to join the wave of setting up factories in official refuges.

Shelters also have a resource shortage problem. Even though many shelters now store a large amount of resources, they will inevitably run out one day.

The simplest ones are those water pipes and wires.

If there is no factory in the shelter that can produce these things, then when they are constantly damaged and replaced, the inventory in the warehouse will one day be used up.

At that time, without subsequent replacement parts, any small "story" that happens in the shelter will turn into a disaster-like "accident".

The factory must exist.

Resources must also be mined.

When the trade union and citizen representatives had almost arrived, some representatives representing the capitalist camp walked in from outside the venue.

"These capitalists are so arrogant!" someone sitting in the workers' camp lamented.

Even in the end, the working class will still be the working class, and the capitalists will still be the superior men.

No matter how the world changes and develops, when the dividends of the times can reach the lower classes of society, in fact, the real dividends of the times have been completely eaten up by big capital and big forces.

The little residue left behind is just a little sweetness for the lower class society after they are full. After all, everyone is a part of human civilization and must "benefit the common people."

As the capitalist representatives took their seats, the "referee" from the Congress proposed to start today's discussion.

The discussion was about what kind of life the workers needed, what kind of life they needed in a shelter.

The first person to speak was naturally the worker representative. A worker representative who was wearing a formal suit worth at least several thousand yuan and looked nothing like a worker and looked more like a middle-class man stood up.

"Hello everyone, I am a representative sent by the workers' union, and I will convey the results of the discussion among some people within our workers' union."

"First of all, I would like to thank every lady and gentleman who is able to be here today. This proves that we are extremely concerned about this great discussion that will determine the future destiny of mankind."

"At the same time, I am here to wish this discussion, and the entire hearing, a successful outcome in advance."

"Next, I will put forward some opinions and suggestions on my behalf for everyone's discussion and reference."

"First, we hope to maintain the current working model of society on earth, which is a work system of no more than ten hours a day."

"And there needs to be at least thirty minutes to one hour of rest time on the way to avoid prolonged labor, which may lead to over-fatigue and work mistakes and accidents."

"Second, heavy manual workers in enterprises and factories should have meals that are more suitable for them, with high nutrition, high protein, and high satiety."

"For example, whole wheat bread, beef, vegetables and fruits, etc."

"Third, companies and factories should pay wages in full and on time..."

This worker representative said a lot. The worker representatives and citizen representatives around him kept talking. It was obvious that these people were very supportive of the demands he made.

This is why Lynch doesn't like workers' unions. They control many workers' decision-making power and treat workers as commodities.

Do business with businessmen under the pretext of "seeking welfare for workers."

In fact, most of the time, labor unions still favor the capitalist camp, because only the capitalist camp can bring them benefits.

Although the group of workers is huge, they are always the takers when it comes to wealth, and they cannot provide much profit to the workers' unions.

Some people may say that union dues are an income, but this income can only maintain the operation of the union, rather than making the top leaders of the union rich.

And they also spend a lot of money, such as organizing frequent demonstrations, organizing strikes, and providing legal aid or other assistance to worker groups.

In a value society, these are expenses!

Now that the union representative has put forward such an overly perfect request, he is actually increasing his leverage for themselves.

Let the workers continue to rely on them first, so that they can better negotiate with the capitalists and then benefit from them.

"...the above are some reference opinions given by us, and I hope everyone can add to them and discuss them."

After listening to him talk a lot, he finally closed his mouth under the impatient eyes of some people, and the noise in the venue became louder.

Many workers' representatives are satisfied with these conditions, but the capitalists do not think so.

The first person to speak was a factory owner with a total of 20,000 workers under his command. "I think the reference suggestions made by this gentleman who seems to be incompatible with the people around him are just a joke."

"Using the conditions of the old era to demand a new society in the shelter era is a very stupid and bad approach in itself."

"We all know that supplies are very scarce right now, but you are asking for beef and whole wheat bread. This sounds like a joke."

"If you feel that this meeting and discussion is just about letting you make unrealistic demands and hoping that we will agree to them, then I think there is no need for us to continue talking."

"Including matters at the hearing, everything can be terminated."

"We are not philanthropists and have no obligation to do charity."

The quality of the members of the capitalist camp is much higher than that of the workers' representatives. Even if there is discussion, it is very low-pitched. Most ladies and gentlemen do not make any sound of discussion.

Just nod or shake their heads, small movements like that to show their support and affirmation.

The camera broadcast the tit-for-tat scene from the beginning, and people across the federation were watching this important meeting.

The speaker from the capitalist side was not finished yet, "I noticed that the gentleman who just spoke from the workers' camp was wearing clothes. A formal suit worth several thousand yuan is not something ordinary workers can afford."

"I am very confused whether you really come from the working class and whether your demands really represent the demands of the working class."

“Or are these demands coming from groups like you who are far removed from the working class?”

The spokesperson shook his head, "We hope to communicate face-to-face with the real working class, rather than through a group of people and institutions that have exploited the working class and then exploited us."

In fact, many people know that trade unions only eat both sides, but they are also very important to relatively disadvantaged groups of workers.

Because a single worker is no match for the capitalists, and to organize more workers, it is simply difficult for one or two people to do it, and we can only rely on the assistance of trade unions.

But this does not mean that all workers agree with some of the union’s practices and views.

The union representative stood up with a smile and bowed slightly to the people in the venue.

"I dress formally because I want to respect all of you who are here today. It's the best thing I can do. I'm not ashamed to have a good suit of clothes."

"Not to mention that I would betray the working class just because I have a nice set of clothes!"

"No matter in the past, present or future, I will stand by my workers and friends and seek justice and light for them!"

Some people applauded, while others looked on coldly. Rather than a negotiation, what was happening now was more like...a quarrel!

The representative of the Presidential Palace patted the table, "What we are here to solve today are some work-related issues, not for you to discuss clothes and positions."

He paused and said, "Please ask the representatives of the enterprise and factory to respond to some reference opinions put forward by the union representatives."

Very formal, it would actually be better if he could say these words before the capitalists finished speaking.

But the words have been spoken, the thoughts have begun to spread, and it is difficult to say what will happen next.

The capitalist representative who spoke first stood up and apologized with a smile, "I apologize for what I just said, but I always stick to my point of view. I prefer to talk to the real working class."

After he sat down, someone else stood up and responded to the request made by the union representative just now.

"As for the reference opinions provided by the trade union representatives just now, I would like to share my personal and superficial views."

“The era of shelters is different from the era of nature we lived in before. Before, we were challengers and conquerors of nature, and we could get everything we wanted from nature.”

“Whether it’s food, resources, living space and beautiful environment.”

"Now we have become losers in the battle between humans and nature. We are forced and shamefully fled underground."

"So we lost most of the things we were proud of in the past, resources, space, environment, including food!"

"We can provide nutritious food, and we can also provide satiating food, but beef, whole wheat bread, fresh vegetables, we can't provide..."

With the discussion, the talks appear to have moved into the expected development.