Chapter 353: , Evil law

The fact that France and Austria joined forces to suppress the rebellion of the Hungarian nobles does not mean that France and Austria have become allies, at least on the surface. In the French propaganda, Austria is still a conservative, backward, and reactionary regime that oppresses the people. In the Austrian propaganda, France is still a symbol of impiety, mob, and betrayal of tradition. In general, everyone did not give each other a good color in the promotion.
But on the other hand, neither France nor Austria put the focus of criticism entirely on the other party. The French still focused their criticism on the United Kingdom. Especially recently, the British took advantage of the opportunity that France and Austria were busy dealing with Hungary and the Poles, and passed a series of resolutions and began to deal with domestic workers. Carry out a full-scale suppression.
The United Kingdom first passed the "Trade Union Organization Act", legally declaring that any cross-enterprise union organization is illegal. And limit all joint trade unions to dissolve within the specified time. Only companies with more than 1,000 workers have the right to establish 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. 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 and Mr. Rehn hoped that it would be able to make concessions in exchange for the French to relax discrimination against British goods transportation. This amendment is not even related to this.
This amendment is used to restrict British immigration to North America.
According to this decree, British nationals can only leave the British mainland by British ships, whether for the New World or Europe.
Over the years, due to the development of European industry, especially the development of French industry, coupled with the higher wages in France than in Britain, many British workers once found a new way, that is, to save money from France. Then go to France to work, and then earn some money in France to 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. Fortunately, in order to ensure the interests of the local workers and the workers of the Rhine Union, the French side quickly took measures, and they controlled very tightly the work visas to the British. Generally speaking, only those workers with certain skills can get work visas in France, while those British people who do not have special skills can only work illegally when they arrive in France.
The average wage in France is indeed much higher than that in the UK, but this has nothing to do with British workers who have no legal status. Illegal workers without a legal identity are not protected by 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 the British. When they discovered that these British people were weak, pitiful, and helpless enough, they immediately began to oppress them, pressing their wages to the same level as in Britain.
But the British workers continued to travel to Europe, but their target was no longer France, instead they went directly to North America with Europe as a transit because the French were willing to swear allegiance to France for everyone and buy tickets to settle in Louisiana. Of people provide certain boat ticket subsidies. According to the views of some British people, the French tried this way to send more German speakers to the New World, so as to ensure France's advantage on the European continent. 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 "snap benefits". The French even welcome the British to do this because it will weaken the British industrial capacity. And these people who leave Britain in this way and go to North America, they can't talk about any loyalty to Britain. In addition, it is actually a good thing to send someone who does not speak German to Luis Annado.
Although in theory, to receive subsidies, one must speak French. But in fact, the French have very low requirements for the French of these British people. Basically, they only need to say "Bonjour" (hello) and "Meri" (thank you). And these two words, even a fool can learn in a short time.
Because of the impact of this subsidy, the ferry ticket from Europe to Louisiana is almost a third cheaper than the ferry ticket from the UK.
The loss of population will naturally reduce the unemployment rate to a certain extent. The unemployment rate has fallen. If you are in later generations, this number can make people in the government happy for many days. If the head of the government happens to know the king, you must praise yourself for the next term. But in this weird era, this number makes the British government worry.
Yes, the British government is a bit worried, because according to market principles, if a factor becomes scarce, 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 becomes tense, then wages will definitely rise, and rising wages will increase costs and reduce the profits of "decent people". In the United Kingdom, the reason why wages are much lower than that in continental Europe is because the British labor force is abundant?
Therefore, the passage of this bill and the increase in the price of tickets from the United Kingdom to the European continent will make it impossible for British workers who want to take the cheap boats of the French to take advantage of them, and not only the tickets to the European continent will be increased. , The price of tickets to the New World should also be increased. Through this method, the number of people going to the New World is 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, this fully shows that France has a good reason for including 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 conduct anti-dumping investigations against products from "non-free trade countries". The commodity price of the trading country is used as a reference instead of the origin price.
After the British passed this series of bills quickly, they immediately began to act. First of all, the London Police Department issued a notice of rectification within a time limit to the "Textile Workers Union". Asking them to complete the rectification within 48 hours is to announce their dissolution. Because the "Trade Union Organization Law" prohibits the existence of any cross-enterprise union.
In addition to the announcement of dissolution, the remaining trade unions that conform to the "Trade Union Organization Law" in terms of specifications also need to be rectified in accordance with the requirements of the law. For example, they must accept various inspections of their organization and funding by government-sent personnel. ,want……
"In short, this is to completely destroy us." Taking the notice from the London Police Department, Fagin said.
"Boss, what shall we do?" the butcher asked.
"We have two ways to go, one is to confront the police department and even this country." Feijin said, "During this time, we organized worker pickets and equipped some weapons, but this can only be used for defense. Like the possible attacks on trade unions by the lackeys of individual factory owners. However, if you want to rely on the workers' pickets to fight against the British government, the general lackeys of all the factory owners and the rich, it is far from enough. If you embark on confrontation The road, at least temporarily, we will definitely fail.
As for the second way," Fei Jin smiled, "that is naturally surrender. Those of us, in the previous struggles with those masters, have already demonstrated a certain ability. If we surrender, considering our demonstrated ability, they should have been willing to come up with a piece of flesh and bone to reassure 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 take the second path, we will probably get some benefits. But the other workers, our brothers, will be sold by us. I estimate that soon, Mr. Rennes and their new contract will come out. , And it will be even more excessive than the last new contract. UU reading www.uukanshu.com because since the workers dare not resist, why not go further?" The butcher said, "Boss, you also know that we, among us, none Betray your brother’s scum. You say how to do it, even if you can’t do it, we have to bite him before we die."
"We can't fight them hard, but we can't really disperse." Feijin said, "Our union will go underground and continue to lead the struggle of workers. In addition, we cannot retreat silently, even if it is If we have to retreat, we have to leave something. Butcher, you are responsible for arranging our personnel to go underground, and I, I will initiate the last strike in the name of the United Trade Union..."
"Boss..."
Everyone knows how dangerous it is to initiate such an action at this time.
"If we don't fight and sacrifice, there will be no future." Fei Jin said, "and as long as we show the ability to cause damage to them, yes, as long as we show such ability, they must consider Their actions are compatible. They will then seriously consider our interests before doing anything. Well, my brothers, in fact, when we started to organize the union, we were waiting for this day. Just like St. Paul and St. Peter were already waiting for the cross when they went to Rome. Now let us act!"