Oscar's Best Documentary, without any retouched shooting techniques, only the truth. During the economic crisis in the United States, tens of thousands of people lost their jobs. China's Fuyao Glass invested US$500 million to build factories here, creating more than 10,000 jobs. But here in America, workers have two days off a week and no overtime. And they need unions to guarantee their rights. Although the boss Cao Dewang said: This is an American company, and everything will respect the laws of the United States. But unions can't have it! ! ! Are we wrong? No, because the investment is huge, and benefits are needed. If the union is disturbed every day, it will not be profitable at all. Just like many excellent American employees said: Unions will only support those lazy employees, and our diligence will be submerged in the people who are slack. Are the people who need unions wrong? Obviously not. They came all the way this way. This is their right and they have a sense of security when someone speaks for them. Cultural differences, the participation of the media, and the mobilization of workers to attack them make the company even worse. The workers who started to apply for jobs were grateful, and some had been out of work for four years. But when I actually work, I can't accept such a high-intensity job. The original American managers were all fired and replaced by Chinese people, which is simply a crisis of confidence. Those who demanded unionization became heroes, and if not handled properly, half a billion dollars was lost.
I feel the same way in the United States. The culture here is so easy, and the work is done. The doctor will not work overtime to operate on you because you have a broken bone on the weekend, give you painkillers, and then talk about it on Monday. The teacher won't worry about whether the students' grades are good or not, because he thinks it's your own business. The education received in the United States from childhood is encouragement, so everyone is blindly confident. American workers are clumsy and inefficient. When they visited Fuyao Glass in China, they were stunned and said: We are too bad.
But we are too hard. We only have two days off a month, and there are countless overtime work. It is really difficult, but we are diligent and brave. Americans can't understand this kind of life, they live at ease, get off work on time, and get paid on time. And they also need the union to fight for more benefits and treatment for them, and they can strike if they disagree. Looking at the problem from another angle, is there absolutely right or wrong? If you are a worker, do you want to be an American worker or a Chinese worker? If you were the boss, what kind of employees would you accept?
Today I also discussed the scene in the film with an American friend: an employee complained to the media that he was fired because he was sick and did not go to work for a week. He was aggrieved. I said no leave, isn't it normal not to go to work for a week? The American said: Of course, most Americans will ask for leave, but if they do not, they will tell you afterwards that there is no problem with having a medical record. Because Americans would have a basic trust that would be forgiven if it happened the first time.
What is the fate of Fuyao Glass? Can we compromise and form a union? This requires all employees in the audience to vote. I hope everyone will see the result. The longer I stay in the United States, the more I feel that many things have two sides, there is no absolute right or wrong, and we need to understand each other and win-win.
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