Reborn in Brazil As a Plutocrat

  Chapter 260 Turning crisis into opportunity

   "After returning to the company today, I asked several branches about the development of the trade union organization. I think we should pay attention to it."

   Seeing his son who was obviously relieved, Fang Xinshan expressed his scruples about the trade union.

  Fang Lang understood that this was the sequelae of his father's listening to the union speech today.

  Looking at the office where there were only himself and his father, Fang Lang lowered his voice and said:

   "I have already thought of a way to deal with the union."

  Fang Xinshan heaved a long sigh of relief when he heard Fang Lang's words, his face was filled with joy, and he said with expectation in his eyes:

   "Tell me quickly, what should we do, drive them out directly?"

   It seems that Fang Xinshan has considered head-to-head with the trade union, but such thinking is also normal. No one would like to have forces beyond their control in the factory they invested in.

   What's more, this power is still a power that is specially opposed to oneself. Isn't this raising a tiger?

   "Actually, trade unions don't just appear in Brazil. Now with the rise of the big brother of the Su family, it is inevitable that the workers' minds will start to awaken. This historical trend is not something we can stop."

   Fang Lang shook his head and denied his father's thoughts.

   Seeing that World War II disagreed with his point of view, Fang Xinshan asked anxiously:

   "Then why don't we just let them grow and grow in our company, and then turn against us?"

  Raising his hand to signal his father not to worry, Fang Lang pushed his father to sit on the sofa in the reception area, while smiling confidently and said:

   "Actually, the trade unions organized by the Labor Party are just copycats. Their fundamental purpose is not to really protect the interests of workers. Therefore, it is actually very simple to deal with them."

  Fang Xinshan, who just sat on the sofa, was eager to know what could be done for his son, and his face flushed a little.

   "Then tell me quickly, what should we do."

   But Fang Lang smiled, and unhurriedly took out a bag of tea from under the coffee table, and took out two teacups.

  Open the tea box, smell the fragrance of the tea leaves, narrow your eyes in satisfaction and say:

   "The method is very simple. Since confrontation is not possible, then we can only choose to follow the trend."

   Seeing Fang Lang taking his time and starting to make tea, Fang Xinshan was in a hurry.

   "Follow the trend, shall we join in? But we are factory owners!"

  Fang Lang looked up at his father, beckoning him to be safe and calm, and continued to add tea to the teacup, brought another thermos, and made two cups of tea.

  Holding one of the cups to his father with both hands, he said:

  “Not to join in, but to set up our own trade union organization.”

  Perhaps influenced by Fang Lang's calmness, Fang Xinshan's impatience finally calmed down, and he took two sips of tea made by his son himself.

   Wanted to take a sip, but the tea was too hot, so he quickly retracted his mouth, put the teacup back on the tea table, and asked with doubts on his face:

  “Set up our own trade union organization? But the workers know that the trade union organization was established by ourselves, how can they join?”

  Fang Lang saw the teacup his father put on the table and smiled. It seems that today his father was indeed a little bit lost because of the statute of the trade union organization.

   Even the freshly brewed tea was brought to his mouth without even looking at it.

   He took out two cigars from his suit lining pocket and handed one to his father.

  He took out a small cigar cutter from his trouser pocket, repaired his cigar head, and handed the cigar cutter to his father before saying:

   "As long as our trade union can win them, the benefits they want will be enough! Think about it, we refuse to negotiate with the trade union they formed.

  However, the trade union we established ourselves can help them win the interests they want. Which trade union do you think they will join? "

  After listening to Fang Lang's words, Fang Xinshan trimmed the cigar in his hand vigorously, as if he wanted to vent his dissatisfaction on the cigar, and still said aggrievedly:

   "Then don't we still have to be coerced by them to give up the company's interests?"

   Noticing the movements of his father's hands, and looking at the cigars that his father had cut to a waste, Fang Lang said helplessly:

   "This is for sure, if you choose not to give an inch now, you can only face the opponent head-on.

   But in the face of the torrent of history, a head-on confrontation will only smash us to pieces, and there is no chance of winning.

  If we follow the trend of history and take the union into our own hands, the initiative will come back to us.

  For example, the current request from the trade union is to adjust the working hours from 12 hours to 11 hours.

  Is this asking too much? "

   Before his father could answer, Fang Lang had already asked himself and answered:

   "No, that's not an excessive request in my opinion.

  Twelve hours of high-intensity labor, workers are very prone to fatigue. When people are tired, it actually affects work efficiency very much.

  Some jobs are tiring to work, and even accidents are prone to occur. If an accident occurs, we may not only face economic losses, but may also lose a skilled worker.

   Calculated in this way, workers can be given a certain amount of rest time, which is actually conducive to reducing the loss of the factory and improving the production efficiency of the factory. "

  Fang Xinshan only changed his identity from a farmer to a capitalist this year, and his idea of ​​exploiting workers is actually not strong yet.

  So, I easily accepted Fang Lang's statement.

   Seeing his father nodding, Fang Lang slid the match in his hand, handed the fire to his father, and continued to light the cigar for his father:

  “Actually, in my opinion, accruing wages to workers according to working hours is the most stupid way.

  We should change our thinking, change the original timekeeping to piecework, set a basic salary and minimum task standard, as long as he completes the number of tasks we stipulate, he can get his own piecework commission based on this piecework standard.

   Those who cannot complete the task can only get the basic salary, and those who cannot complete the task for several months can only say that they are not suitable for the job.

  Workers who want to get high wages will naturally find ways to improve their work efficiency.

  If workers with low work efficiency want to work overtime on their own initiative, we must also clearly tell them that we are a formal enterprise and do not advocate overtime work. Even if you work overtime, I will not give you overtime pay.

   Leave it to them to decide whether to work overtime. We can still get a good name. "

  The father who took a long puff of the cigar opened his lips slightly and narrowed his eyes slightly. He didn't know whether he was reminiscing the aroma of the cigar in his mouth or thinking about Fang Lang's words.

  It took a while before he said with a smile on his face:

   "This method is good. If it is really changed like this, it doesn't matter if the working time is shortened by two hours."

   Seeing his father understand his thoughts, Fang Lang also smiled and said:

   "That's right, in this case, the trade union we established ourselves can get the benefits everyone wants for his family, but their trade union gets nothing. Of course, the workers know how to choose."

  Fang Xinshan thought of something, his smile was slightly restrained, his brows were slightly frowned and he said:

   "What if the head of our trade union is bought by them, and then he doesn't listen to our command and deliberately opposes us?"

  Fang Lang took a deep breath of the cigar, held the smoke in his mouth, and gently stirred it in his mouth twice with his tongue, letting the fragrance stay between his lips and teeth before slowly exhaling. Then he took another breath of fresh air before smiling and saying:

   "Since it is a trade union established by ourselves, we certainly have the right to appoint and remove the chairman of the trade union. If someone does not obey the command, just replace it with another one who obeys the command!

   In fact, the trade union we established ourselves has another biggest advantage.

  That is, we don’t need to charge workers a membership fee. Do you think workers can refuse a trade union that can protect their own interests without paying for it?

   If workers cannot be charged a membership fee, the trade union will not have its own source of funds. Leaders at all levels of the trade union must rely on us to pay wages. Who do you think they will listen to? "

  Fang Xinshan listened to Fang Lang's words, slapped his thigh, the smoke from his mouth spewed out, stood up and smiled:

   "Haha. That's a good idea, let's do it this way. In the future, the trade union of our group will not be an organization that opposes us, but a department of our company, so there is nothing to be afraid of."

  Seeing the smile on his father's face, he knew that his father's doubts had been dispelled, and his mood recovered.

  Fang Lang also added with a smile:

  “Actually, the trade union can do many things, such as organizing a small birthday party for every employee who celebrates his birthday.

  When the weather is hot, on behalf of the company, send some cooling food to the front-line workers.

   Help some workers from poor families, organize internal donations, etc.

  Of course, these must be done in the name of the company.

  This will not only increase the workers’ recognition of the trade union, but also increase the cohesion of the workers towards the company. "

  Fang Xinshan also relaxed at the moment, leaning on the leather sofa, and said happily:

   "Well, then the person in charge of this trade union must be selected well, so that these good reputations will really fall on the company's head, and don't be used by those who want to buy people's hearts."

   Nodding, Fang Lang said softly:

   "Actually, the candidates are selected. We can let the workers vote for the members of the grassroots trade unions, and they are elected!

  But the right to appoint and remove the middle and high level must be in our own hands.

  Of course, the middle level we choose can also be selected from the grassroots staff elected by the workers, and becoming a middle-level trade union worker can make him leave his original job.

   Become a full-time trade union worker, and the salary can also be adjusted appropriately.

  In addition, we continue to train them on the responsibilities of trade union work, so that they know what kind of work they should do.

   Slowly they will start working according to our work requirements.

   And they were originally elected by the workers themselves from among the workers.

   The workers will of course be more convinced by such union cadres.

  However, there is one thing we must pay attention to, that is, we should not keep those who have joined the trade union formed by the Labor Party and participated in many activities.

   Slowly look for opportunities to expel these people.

   During the election of grassroots trade union cadres, we must make it clear that workers who have already joined other trade union organizations are prohibited from joining new trade union organizations.

   Excluding these Labor union activists from the new union organization from the outset. "

  At this moment, Fang Xinshan can be said to be in admiration for his own son. It is such a troublesome thing for him. After his operation, not only has it not been troublesome, but it has become a new method for him to manage the factory.

   This method of turning crisis into opportunity is really sophisticated!

   "I understand. In the future, we can manage the thoughts of factory workers through trade union organizations."

  (end of this chapter)