I Inherited 5,000 Years of Family Property-Chapter 330 - 328 A Great Socialist Home

"Who are you?" Mobai stared at this unfamiliar face, who was wearing a Qualcomm Electronics badge. He looked like he must be an employee of their own company, but how could a regular employee dare to barge into a shareholder meeting and even behave so casually?

"Boss, this man seems to be Berlaines, the President of our Qualcomm Electronics labor union," Mobai’s assistant whispered.

"The President of the union?" Mobai sneered, "Get out! Do you think you can just walk in here whenever you like? Who is your leader? You can just get out right now!"

"Hahaha!" Berlaines burst out laughing, "Dear shareholders, since I have entered this shareholder meeting today, I had no intention to continue working here.

Yoji Zetan’s gaze lingered on Berlaines for a moment, he suddenly had a bad feeling. The surrounding companies had just raised salaries, and there had been some changes in the employees’ moods. Now the President of the union had arrived—what good could come of this?

"What exactly do you want to do?" Mobai also calmed down, his demeanor clearly showing an attitude of nothing to lose, and this Berlaines definitely had something to say.

"Mr. Mobai, Mr. Yoji Zetan, as the President of the Qualcomm Electronics union, I came here today representing the collective voice of our 7000 production line workers," Berlaines said with a smile, "You must also be aware that all companies in the Silicon Valley towns have implemented salary increases, going up as much as 100%. Our Qualcomm Electronics employees also demand an increase at this rate!"

"You’re dreaming!" Mobai thought of Berlaines’s intentions as soon as he knew his identity, but he still couldn’t help but curse loudly. Talking about wage increases with them, the capitalists, wasn’t this essentially asking for their lives?

"Mr. Mobai, please, don’t be angered. This is only the first request from all our employees," Berlain spoke with the phrases "all employees" repeatedly, positioning himself on a moral high ground, "You might want to hear the other voices of our broad workforce."

"Alright, you speak, I’m all ears!" Mobai responded with a laugh instead of anger, in this nation that champions freedom, employee protests, strikes, and even demonstrations were all very normal. Since its establishment, Qualcomm Electronics had encountered several similar incidents.

But as the saying goes, ’for every clever move, there is a countermove’; as long as the capital remains in the hands of these capitalists and as long as each employee needs to make a living, they will inevitably submit to capital. This is a truth tested through hundreds of years of history.

Feeling confident, he believed he could resolve even the most complex situations.

"Hahaha, Mr. Mobai truly is a Chairman, your demeanor is indeed different," Berlaines gave Mobai a strong compliment, "Then I shall speak!"

"According to the laws of this continent, a worker’s work hours should not exceed 40 hours per week, that’s 8 hours per day," Berlaines stated, "We demand a reduction in weekly work hours, not exceeding 35 hours per week, and we also demand an additional week of paid annual leave!"

"We heard that our former collaborator, Silicon Moonlight from Huaxia, had given all their employees half a month off recently, even providing subsidies for all employees to go on vacation. We demand the same treatment, at least one paid vacation each year, with the company covering our travel expenses!"

"You’ve completely lost your mind!" All the shareholders’ faces turned grim, what does being a capitalist mean? It means exploiting the workers through manipulation of capital! Every single demand Berlaines made severely damaged the interests of the capitalists.

Silicon Moonlight might do this because their boss, Zhang Menglong, doesn’t regard money as important!

If they were as wealthy as Zhang Menglong, sure, these things could be considered! But can you find another person as wealthy as Zhang Menglong in the world? That’s simply impossible!

"Our union unanimously believes that the value we create for the company is no less than the value created by the employees of the companies around us and Huaxia’s Silicon Moonlight, so I think it is entirely reasonable for us to have the same benefits," Berlaines proclaimed.

"As the President of the union, seeing our company’s employees work so hard yet not receiving the remuneration they deserve, I feel deeply pained. As the President of the union, I feel it is my duty to stand up and convey the demands of the employees; we can do without what others lack, but what others have, we must also have!"

The reasons given by Berenice were simple, others have it, others are inferior to us, so we must have it too!

"There are also people who die in their thirties, why don’t you go and die?" After hearing so many harsh demands, even Mobai with his good temper found it difficult to control his anger.

"Mr. Mobai, I am here negotiating on behalf of the company’s employees and you insult me with such language. Because of this, I reserve the right to sue, and in a couple of days, a lawyer’s letter will be delivered to your office!"

"Hahaha! Well done! I like this person, he is talented!" Zhang Menglong, who had been listening to Berenice’s negotiation, clapped while sipping his coffee.

From the moment he walked in, he positioned himself as the representative of all employees. Morally, he was on invincible ground, and when he made demands, they were logical and well-founded. The final move of warning with a lawyer’s letter, Zhang Menglong was sure, was not taught by him to Berenice. Stay connected with novelbuddy

"What if we disagree?" asked Mobai.

"If you gentlemen do not agree with our reasonable demands, then we will go on strike to defend our rights!"

"Are you threatening us?" Mobai slammed the table.

"Mr. Mobai, our employees have the right to strike, and I believe our demands are reasonable and contain no element of threat. If you think our demands are unreasonable, you may choose to fire us."

Fire them? It was a joke!

If this had been America a few years ago, only company executives would have employment contracts, and firing an employee only needed a single word without any financial compensation.

But two years ago, America revised a new act; if an employee is to be dismissed, even if they have not completed one year of service, a month’s wages must still be paid as compensation.

Berenice just mentioned that he represents 7,000 people! In their company, some employees have worked for over ten years; if 7,000 people were fired, their company could shut down directly.

Even if they had the money, the departure of 7,000 employees could halt the company’s operations, which would not possibly recover for three to five months.

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Zhang Menglong could afford to do this because he was not afraid of losing money, but there was only one Zhang Menglong! His method of suppressing strikes could not be replicated by anyone.

"Humph! Strike, don’t you all need to live?" a shareholder sneered.

He had encountered strikes more than once, but due to the pressures of life, few strikes lasted until the end, and it was always those striking workers

"I’m not afraid to tell all the shareholders that our union recently received a sum of financial support. During the strike, our union will provide double the salary to all participating employees as a subsidy, until we obtain what we want!"

"Double the salary? Where do you get so much money from?" the shareholders exclaimed.

"A gentleman who heard of our plight sponsored us a sum of money," Berenice said, "He is a great socialist!"