Chapter 205: Trade Unions (Part II)
After considering these relationships, Prime Minister Brevtianu summoned other key members of the party to discuss the matter after work.
"Cousin, this is a double-edged sword, if you don't do it well, it's easy to offend both sides."
Prime Minister Brettianu gathered his own cadres from the Liberal Party, and only then did he tell the reason for summoning them, and was advised by his cousin Wentil Brettianu. His cousin, Wendiller, now serves as Home Secretary in the Cabinet, and in his years in office has been promoting the formalization of the judicial system, and his competence is more recognized in the Cabinet and within the party.
Hearing his cousin's advice, Prime Minister Brettianu explained. "I have learned today with the Minister of Industry, Carituri, about the current situation of the Romanian workers, and I am not optimistic."
He then gave a brief explanation of what Karaturi had told him to the rest of the room, and at the end of the conversation, Prime Minister Brettianu spoke meaningfully. "This situation of worker insecurity must be changed, and we have an inherent responsibility as the ruling party. And as long as we can pass this bill, the 1.7 million workers will become the biggest support of our party. ”
Hearing Prime Minister Brettianu's words, the top echelons of the Liberal Party in the audience fell into deep thought. They are also very eager for the current 1.7 million workers, but they are also aware of the difficulties of enacting this law to protect workers. The factories that can be opened now are all wealthy people, and they know how energetic these people are, and now the Romanian economy depends on them, except for the royal family and the government's enterprises.
Seeing the crowd sitting and not speaking, Prime Minister Bretianu had no choice but to hint at it. "If we push for this bill, the royal family will not be an obstacle."
Hearing the words of the prime minister and the party leader, the eyes of the top Liberal Party leaders present lit up, and everyone calculated in their hearts that the hope of success in this matter had risen to more than 60%.
"If that's the case, then the chances of the Prime Minister's labor protection bill are much more likely, and I think it can be done now."
Anton Lev, who served as Minister of Education in the government cabinet and was also the prime minister's right-hand man, spoke out in support of the prime minister.
"But it will also offend the factory owners, and if it doesn't achieve the desired effect, it will hurt us a lot."
There are pros and cons, and Mikotč, who is the head of the Liberal Party in Moldavia, has voiced his concerns. The top Liberal Party leaders here looked at each other, they are not three-year-olds, they will only look at the good side after success, and they are not at ease with their worries after failure.
Seeing that people belonging to his own faction were full of concerns, Bletianu, as the prime minister, couldn't stand it. "Are you too obsessed with your own interests and those of the party, we are the Romanian Liberal Party, and our purpose is to work for the welfare of the Romanian people. Now look at what you look like, how can you make people believe that our Liberal Party will work for the good of the Romanian people. ”
After being severely criticized by the party leader, Prime Minister Brettianu, the top Liberal Party leaders sitting here were a little embarrassed. If you know that you are too concerned about the gains and losses of your interests, and that you will lose the trust and expectations of these people if they do not work for the welfare of the people who really need help now, when they are still in power. Also far from the creation of the Liberal Party of Jan The expectations of C. Bretianu et al.
"I'm sorry I was too obsessed with the gains and losses, but now is the time to work for the interests of the Romanian people."
As Mikotč's words fell, others expressed their willingness to support the prime minister's move.
Seeing that everyone was expressing their anger one after another, Brettianu ignored them as they continued. "Then we're here today to work out a specific outline, and then think about and change it one by one."
Leaving aside the issue of the labour bill discussed by the Prime Minister, Karaturi is now talking to his uncle Sturl about what he said to the Prime Minister today.
After Sturr stepped down from the prime minister's position, he stayed at home and took his grandson every day, and lived a very leisurely life. However, no one will ignore this old man who has been able to hold the post of prime minister for ten years, and his nephew Karaturi also likes to run to him with nothing to do, and tells him many things in the government. Now that Karaturi was talking to his uncle about it, it was clear that he wanted to get some advice from the old man who had been a powerful man in Romania.
After listening to Karaturi's story, Sturl put down his tools for pruning the flowers and plants. "It shouldn't have been his idea."
Hearing his uncle's words, Karaturi asked puzzled. "Why?"
Looking at his nephew, Sturrill said, stretching his waist. "Because it's not his style, I know him as a person. Bretianu has always been careful about planning and then acting, and asking you about the situation today and making you come up with ideas is not in line with his style, so someone asked him to do it. ”
Hearing his uncle's words, Karaturi immediately knew who was behind the command of this matter, and there was only one person who could make the prime minister do things. It seems that in this matter, it is necessary to cooperate with the government and the party to cooperate with the prime minister, and make a decision in Karaturi's heart.
Seeing Karaturi, who suddenly came to his senses, Sturil still shook his head in his heart. His nephew is still too politically sensitive to do so, so he can't be prime minister, unless he is willing to be a marionette, otherwise it is impossible.
That night, Prime Minister Bretianu negotiated a labor bill with his henchmen and allies, focusing on ensuring the payment of labor and wages, focusing on the issue of ensuring the payment of labor and wages, focusing on the fact that the salary of the month can only be deferred for a maximum of 15 days, and the deduction cannot exceed 10% of the salary, which must also be justified. Of course, there are also regulations for verbal abuse and beating of workers. At this time, Bretianu realized that there was no special department for the protection of labor in the government, and he was ready to apply to King Eder I for the establishment of a special labor department, and at the same time to centralize the trade unions scattered in various industries into the Romanian Labor General Union under this new department.
Looking at the draft, which gathered the opinions of everyone, Prime Minister Bretianu felt that he still had to face many tests. The most recent of these is the passage of the Liberal Party's internal meeting before it can be submitted to Parliament for a vote, and finally the King's signature for implementation.
In fact, at the internal meeting of the Liberal Party in the following days, the proposal was easily passed. With the exception of a small number of people who disagreed, the proposal was endorsed. Among them, the second largest contributor after the prime minister is the faction headed by the Minister of Industry, Karaturi.
With the support of the Liberal Party, the Prime Minister submitted the bill to Parliament for scrutiny. Sure enough, the submission of this bill made the factory owners complain, and no one wanted to use a part of their profits to subsidize the workers.
The bill was also hotly discussed in Parliament. The parliamentarians who were in favor said that this was a good way to improve the living conditions of the workers and seek legitimate interests for the broad masses of the working class. Opponents say it could put Romania's booming economy in a tailspin. The two groups were at odds with each other in the parliamentary debate, but in the final vote, 98 of the 157 votes were in favor, only 57 were against, and two abstained. The rule for the submission of bills above 60% was implemented, and Romania's first labour protection bill came into force after the Prime Minister submitted it to Eder for signature.
In this original labor law, for the first time, it was clarified that the relationship between workers and enterprises was to hire and be employed, in which the owners of enterprises were not allowed to harm, imprison or insult groups of workers. Moreover, Article 3 of the bill also stipulates that the monthly salary cannot be delayed for more than 15 days. At the same time, for the first time, the minimum salary in Romania was 90 lei per month, although it was more formal than practical, and it also foreshadowed future revisions. Employees must have at least 4 days of leave, and additional salaries are required for working more than 9 hours a day.
With the implementation of this bill, the workers are also rejoicing, and they are also very grateful to Prime Minister Brettianu for proposing this bill. The prestige of this prime minister is also well recognized among the people, and some people call him "the people's prime minister". It also made him excited, thinking that he was taking the right step.
Eder was watching everything the prime minister was doing, but now was not the time to think about the prime minister, he was more concerned about the guarantee of Romania's neutrality, the question of the army. ()
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