What Little Swan didn't expect was that before he could implement his new plan in Cape, the Cape Town dockers gave him a dismissal.

The day after Si was elected governor of Cape, the dockworkers of Cape Town went on strike en masse, demanding reduced working hours, increased pay and paid holidays, and improved working and living conditions for dockers.

The first few can be understood, the requirement to improve the working environment makes Xiao Si confused, the working place of the dock workers must be the dock, how should this be improved, do they all go to the office?

Don't be funny, Cape Town Marina is still far from being automated.

"The Workers' Union rejected the Cape Town City Council's negotiations and asked to meet you directly, and their demands included an eight-hour workday, one day off per week, paid holidays of no less than three months per year, as well as single quarters and free working meals, oh, and most importantly, salary, and they demanded a minimum of $5 a day, like Ford in the United States—" Cape Town Mayor Bresler was at a loss, and this was the third strike by the Cape Town dockers in two years, the first two strikes, The Cape Town City Government has met the demands of the Workers' Federation, and this time the Workers' Federation has intensified, and Bresler can only rejoice that the Workers' Federation has crossed the Cape Town City Council this time to talk directly to Xiao Si.

"The legal tender in Southern Africa is the rand, not the dollar." Xiao Si sneered, the Ford workers are still not the same as the Cape Town dockers.

The most intuitive comparison is that the value created by Ford's workers is completely different from that of the dock workers in Cape Town, Ford produces cars, and a car sells for at least 300 dollars, creating high value and high wages for workers.

The value created by dockers is low and not irreplaceable, and it can take months or years for Ford to train a skilled worker, and it is understandable to offer a higher salary.

Dock workers live by selling their physical strength, and anyone can do it, so the Union of Workers is looking for the wrong person, they can't be on the same level as the workers at Ford, but from the dock workers in New York.

"I have the impression that most of the dock workers in Cape Town should be African-American workers, what kind of workers' federation is this, and who are the members?" He didn't know much about the Workers' Union, but given the situation in Port Edward and Walvis Bay, there shouldn't be much difference in Cape Town.

It should be noted here that most of the manual labor in southern Africa is done by employing African-American workers from neighboring countries and regions.

The low cost brought by African American workers is the core competitiveness of southern African goods, and the average salary of white workers or Chinese workers is more than five times higher than that of African American workers, and it is precisely because of the large use of African American workers that the cost of southern African goods can be reduced to an incredible degree under the premise of ensuring quality, which is the real reason why southern African goods sell well.

Once the wages of African-American workers were to rise accordingly, southern African goods would lose most of their competitiveness, with almost devastating consequences.

But the leaders of those trade unions don't care about these, whether the goods are competitive or not, that is the main consideration of the enterprise, they consider their own interests, care about the influence of the trade union, as for the interests of the enterprise, then hehe.

For workers, even if the company closes down, it doesn't matter to them, just change the company and continue to work.

"In the past, most of the members were white or Chinese, and in the past two years, the workers' federation has also begun to try to include African-American workers in the scope of protection, and it is for this reason that the city government has rejected the workers' federation's request, so they have bypassed the city government and asked for direct dialogue with you." Bressler sneered, those leaders of the workers' federation had probably miscalculated, and with Bresler's knowledge of Xiao Si, Xiao Si would probably not be able to tolerate this situation.

"What is the total number of workers who participated in the strike?" Xiao Si's face was expressionless.

"About 6,000, of which more than 5,000 are African-American workers." Bresler is also helpless, and there are only a few people in Cape Town now.

"All fired!" Xiao Si is decisive, this wind can not last.

"All fired?" Bresler never expected Xiao Si to be so decisive.

"Yes, all of them are fired, don't they don't want to go to work, then find someone who is willing to go to work." Xiao Si is not subject to any coercion, if the leaders of the workers' federation are willing to sit down and have a good talk, then maybe Xiao Si will also give them a chance.

This Nima Xiaosi is not powerful, and he is really a sick cat when the governor is a sick cat.

"Thousands—" Bresler still didn't know enough about Xiao Si.

"Hehe, there are so many human resources companies in southern Africa, they must be happy to take this business." Xiao Si doesn't care, Rhodesia hires workers, it is all a scale of 10,000 people, and thousands of people are really drizzle.

"Let's meet and listen to their requests-" Dr. Starr Jameson, who had not spoken, now knows that after the death of Cecil Rhodes Sr., it is not for nothing that the South African company has been brilliant again, and many people think that the South African company has been brilliant again by virtue of the advantages of the general environment, and the role of Xiao Si is definitely ignored.

Xiao Si doesn't speak, he will meet when he meets, anyway, it will take time for the human resources company to organize workers to come to Cape Town.

The next morning, the three leaders of the workers' federation came to Xiao Si's official residence.

Xiao Si did not meet them immediately, but asked them to take them to the lounge first.

The wait was three hours, from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m., before the three were ushered into Xiao Si's office.

"Please hurry, Mr. Governor's work is very busy, you only have half an hour." The glamorous and touching secretary has a bright and generous smile, and does not treat the three differently because of their identities, which is basic courtesy.

The three of them didn't speak, they knew what Xiao Si meant, don't worry about being busy or not, let's cool people down first, and then talk about basic operations.

Xiao Si was indeed very busy, and when the three of them walked into Xiao Si's office, Xiao Si was signing a document, and in addition to Xiao Si, Dr. Starr Jameson and Bresler were also in the office.

The three of them were familiar with Dr. Starr Jameson and Bressler, and the leader nodded and smiled at Dr. Starr Jameson and Bressler, but neither Dr. Starr Jameson nor Bressler responded, and their faces were expressionless.

"Would you like to sit down, and don't you want to introduce yourself?" Xiao Si did not wear a suit, a white shirt with a black vest, and the collar of the shirt was not buttoned.

All three of them are serious suits and leather shoes, or expensive handmade suits.

Xiao Si smiled, looking at the three people with interest, not at all the decisiveness and ruthlessness when he wanted to expel all 6,000 people yesterday.

"Your Excellency, I'm Rove Eric, president of the United Workers' Union, and they're Smith and Kama, and we're here to talk to you about the treatment of dockers." Ruve Eric's English with a slight London accent and apparently highly educated is hardly associated with being a dock worker.

"I want to ask, what do you all do?" Xiao Si dominated the situation, and his interest in the three people was significantly greater than that of the dock workers.

"Uh, I'm the head of a law firm and own a law firm in Cape Town—" Luff Eric was visibly ill-prepared for the question.

"So how can you, the head of a law firm, represent the dockers of Cape Town?" Xiao Si's question is acute, and in general, this situation is either seeking fame or profit, and the social status of lawyers in southern Africa is much lower than that of lawyers in the United Kingdom and the United States.

"The United Dockers invited me to serve as the Federation's legal adviser and to meet with you on behalf of the United Dockers." Luffy Eric is serious.

"So, you get paid at the Dockers' Federation, and how much does the Dockermen's Federation pay you every year?" The question asked by Xiao Si had nothing to do with the docker's request, and he really didn't want to know what the workers wanted.

"Mr. Rhodes, this has nothing to do with what we are going to talk about this time." Luffy Eric didn't want to reveal.

"This time? That said, we'll see each other again. The smile on Xiao Si's face was full of undisguised mockery.

"Definitely, if the state government can't meet our demands, then we're not going to stop." Ruf Eric is in color.

"Tell me what you're asking for, then." Xiao Si leaned back in his chair and assumed a listening pose.

"We're asking for a pay increase to five dollars a day—" Luff Eric was interrupted by Nick as he spoke.

"Wait, why do you think your work can compare to that of a Ford worker?" You're welcome, the current exchange rate, five US dollars is about one rand, that is, how is it possible that the dock workers want to get a salary of 365 rand a year.

The average annual salary of a dock worker in southern Africa, including workers of African descent, is about 50 rand.

Excluding African-American workers, white workers and Chinese workers earn about R120 a year, which is basically in line with the normal level of wages in southern Africa.

"Dock workers are just as much workers as Ford workers, so why can't they get the same pay?" Luffy Eric has a lot of words, and it sounds like it makes sense.

"Eric, you are a lawyer, is it the same cost to find you to fight a lawsuit as the fee of the Royal Counsel?" Xiao Si scoffed, the annual income of the Royal Barrister is probably more than ten times that of Eric's annual income.

"It's different, but your Excellency, don't you want everyone in Cape Town under your rule to live happily ever after?" Ruffy Eric has a bizarre angle, in the words of the 21st century, moral kidnapping.

Little laughed, of course he wanted everyone in Cape Town to live happily ever after, but certainly not in this way.

ps: I walked too much yesterday, and I got up sore in the morning, and I didn't listen to my fingers when I coded words, this Nima is really going to exercise-

(End of chapter)