The First Thousand Nine Hundred and Ninety-Seven Chapters Is the Trade Union Issue

"Feng, Li, you should understand that the reason why we gave in this time and allowed you to invest in our port is because we need to provide more job opportunities for us Americans."

"The port reconstruction needs workers, and the port loading and unloading also needs workers, but if you use a lot of intelligent machinery and equipment, then this port reconstruction will not only fail to provide more employment opportunities, but you will also lay off workers, right?"

Feng Yu looked at Li Zeju, and Li Zeju nodded in recognition.

The higher the efficiency of the machinery, the higher the efficiency, it can ensure that their port can have a higher transshipment rate, so that more freighters can be loaded and unloaded at the same time, and no freighter will be willing to stop at the port with an empty ship to pay. After loading and unloading the goods, they will leave as soon as possible, so the same number of berths can make more money.

And because of the high efficiency, more carriers will choose to dock at their berths, especially some fresh goods, which have extremely high time requirements. There was once a time when the port was congested, and it was difficult for the cargo ship to berth, and it was delayed for more than one day at sea. As a result, the fresh goods were damaged, and both the carrier and the cargo owner suffered huge losses.

Therefore, ports with higher loading and unloading efficiency will be more favored by cargo owners and carriers. If the supporting storage area is large and there are enough warehouses, there will be absolutely no shortage of business in a country like the United States, which has the largest import and export trade volume in the world.

Even because of their high efficiency, they can raise the price a little bit, and many cargo owners will choose to berth with them, so that their profit margin will be higher.

But there is a big problem involved, at least for Auba Niu, which is the problem of hiring workers.

The trade union organizations in Europe and the United States are very strong, and even to a certain extent, they can affect the economy of the United States. If it weren't for the trade union's constant demand for salary increases and various benefits, Tongyu Automobile would never have filed for bankruptcy protection and eventually fell into the altar.

There are too many cases like this in the United States and Europe. For example, Thomson Company, once the top electronics and electrical appliance manufacturer in Europe, is now also in despair.

The main reason is that the cost rises too fast and the profit cannot keep up. The biggest part of the cost is the cost of hiring labor.

In Asia and Europe, ports are developing towards modernization. All kinds of mechanical equipment require very little labor. But the ports of the United States are very backward.

It's not that the United States can't buy advanced equipment, or that they can't design and develop similar equipment, but that they are attacked by trade unions, preventing them from using too much automation equipment.

The digital revolution first appeared in Seattle and San Francisco, which are one of the most technologically advanced areas in the United States and important port cities on the West Coast.

A research report shows that the automation and robot technology of American ports lags behind Asian and European ports by more than 15 years. However, the United States is still the country with the largest import and export trade in the world and the most technologically advanced country. Is this ironic?

There is a longshore union on the east and west coasts of the United States. They all feel that digitalization will pose a serious threat to their employment, because most of the workers here have only a high school education or less.

The admission rate of the college entrance examination in the United States is close to 100%, because the admission here is mainly based on recommendation, and most schools cannot recruit enough students, except for those famous schools, not to mention that there are many private schools in the United States.

That's why the United States will recruit students internationally to make up for the shortage of students in their schools. By the way, they can also promote that they are the country with the best science and culture in the world, and attract some foreign talents to become their American citizens and create wealth for the United States.

At present, only 60% of high school students in the United States choose to continue their studies in college, while Huaxia’s is more than 95%. However, Huaxia’s admission rate is only 75%, including Three tables: undergraduate, junior college, etc.

The graduation rate of college students in the United States is far lower than that of China, and it is also the last among developed countries. Many people will choose to drop out of school, and many people may not graduate for more than ten years or even decades.

But on the whole, Huaxia is more willing to go to university, and the proportion of uneducated people in the United States is actually higher.

You say that such people cannot find jobs in those offices, what can they do? You can only choose those manual labor, as a worker, fortunately, the industry in the United States is relatively developed, which requires a large number of workers.

For example, cars, docks, railway stations, etc., all need a lot of workers. And the income of these workers is actually not low, and the benefits are very good.

Originally, the welfare benefits were not very high, but under the leadership of these trade unions, wages, medical care, pensions, and other welfare benefits have all been increased by a large amount, which has become very heavy.

The east coast of the United States is undergoing technological innovation, hoping to introduce modern equipment and improve efficiency. However, this has caused a large number of dock workers to lose their jobs, and the West Coast is more vigilant.

There is also a saying that the reason why DP World was said to be a threat to national security was that one of the most important things was that DP World wanted to renovate the port and introduce fully automated operations. Even cranes are unmanned. More than 95% of the workers at that dock will be laid off.

So if Feng Yu and the others want to introduce high-automation machinery and equipment into the port, Obanniu will never agree. This will increase the unemployment rate of workers on the west coast, and it may trigger a strike and protest by the entire dock workers, causing immeasurable losses. , It was also a heavy blow to his political career.

Feng Yu didn't expect this, and Li Zeju also felt very embarrassed. If the large berths are rebuilt to dock larger freighters, then when the large freighters come, they will still be semi-automatic + worker loading and unloading mode, the efficiency will still be very low, the profit will be too low, and the investment will not be so cost-effective.

Especially Feng Yu's profit is the lowest, because he is required to register a subsidiary in the United States and pay local taxes. The port is very important, but there is no profitable investment, why should Feng Yu do it?

"Reed, in the future we will hire more computer-savvy employees to supervise the loading and unloading of equipment in the control center that is not exposed to the wind and the sun. There will no longer be such a high security risk."

"This is the future development trend of ports all over the world. Don't you want to let the ports lag behind? Think about your auto union in the United States. Because of them, what is the current situation of the common use of cars and Cores? Even if it is Foote, It is only by selling half of the business that you can survive, so are your ports and terminals going to repeat the same mistakes?"

Feng Yu used the automobile union as an example, blindly compromising with that union, in the end it could only drag the original enterprise into the abyss. How to choose is very important.

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