I have been reading Mr. Cao Dewang's autobiography, "The Heart Like Bodhi" for the past two days. I also watched "American Factory" by the way, which is a documentary about his opening of a factory in the United States. I watched it twice.
There were several workers who appeared on the camera, and in a few words, I saw the plight of middle-aged people.
One of the most photographed female forklift workers, white, looks to be around 50 years old. She lives in her sister's basement and doesn't have a house of her own. Still dreaming of going back to the old life, the middle-class life.
Later, after working in Fuyao's factory, she rented an apartment for $480. She said she felt independent. I really don't know whether to be happy or sad.
Later, she did not cooperate in the factory and participated in trade union activities. She thought the trade union could help her. The result was that the factory fired her. She felt that the management of the factory was targeting her.
She lost her job, and she was depressed: is it worth it...
A middle-aged woman with an indulgent body, no house or land, can't see where her risks are. I have already lived in the basement, and I still don't understand the importance of work to myself.
Without a job, there is no income. This kind of income structure is single, and the risks it brings will happen one day. When you get old, you can’t work anymore, and you can’t work when you get old.
She should have had a happy job before. At the General Motors factory, she could happily move bricks on weekdays, raise a house and a car, and play on weekends.
Later, the General Motors factory closed down, and the workers cried...why are they crying...
Glass inspector, Shawnee, black woman, after the closure of the GM factory, the house and car could not be supported.
Shawnee's original salary of $29 an hour is now $12.48, a 56% reduction in income, and a sudden drop in his quality of life. She said that she used to buy sports shoes for her son.
A middle-aged black man, Bobby, who has not had a job for a year and a half, can feel the joy of being able to work from his language.
There is also a middle-aged white man who has been four years old, can't find a job, and has a strong desire to work.
The forklift worker ended up getting fired because she supported the union, and because the work was too slow and the operation wasn't fast enough.
For the management of the factory, recruiting young people, recruiting those young people who are clear-headed, work efficiently, and also identify with the corporate culture.
Furthermore, speeding up the automation of the production line, reducing labor, and working with robotic arms have never been a little emotional. Compared with stubborn middle-aged people, it saves a lot of management costs.
The final result was that 60% of the people opposed whether the company should set up a union. It can be seen that 444 votes in the enterprise support the establishment of a trade union. From the documentary, we can see that those who support the establishment of a trade union and those who have not been fired are those who are not so fiercely opposed.
The people who supported the union and were fired were the ones who were blown away by the slightest incident. This is most directly reflected in Jill, the female forklift worker.
For most people, if they want to support the establishment of a trade union, but also don’t want to stand up and carry the flag and lose their jobs, the best way is to push those people who can’t hold back their anger and love their hair, and use them as gunmen, and it’s done. You can follow to account for the light, nothing will be accomplished, and you will have no substantial loss.
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