Chapter 1238: Sue them

Lan was waiting for Lawyer Luo Ben to bring his elite lawyer team over. During this period, the local financial groups in South Yalan State were also observing Lan's every move.

The confrontation between labor and capital had existed since the concept of "rich and poor" existed. Rich people hired people who needed money to work for them, so the opposition between laborers and capitalists existed.

This was just like prostitutes and killers, both were things that had existed since ancient times.

This time the construction workers' union made a great momentum. They mobilized more unions to participate, intending to give Lan a heavy blow and let them understand the survival rules here.

The western region in early June had entered the most pleasant period of climate. The temperature of 26 or 27 degrees allowed everyone to enjoy the gentlest side of nature.

In the most luxurious golf course outside the capital of South Yalan State, several local big capitalists were chatting about this topic while playing ball.

"He hasn't had any moves for a few days, honestly this makes me feel a bit disappointed...", the guy who was hitting the ball said these words and swung the club hard.

After a "woo" whistle, the crisp sound of hitting the ball made the golf ball fly out quickly. His gaze stared at the small black dot flying out for a while, then took it back.

He handed the golf club to the caddy beside him and walked to the next hitting point with others.

He reached out and smoothed his silver-white big back hair. It seemed that this hairstyle was very popular with him.

"I thought he would solve this problem more quickly, instead of letting it continue to ferment. Once all industries are mobilized, even if he is the president, he can't solve this problem."

Several other big shots also nodded one after another. One of them with blue eyes smiled and teased a few words, "I have always heard that this guy is doing well in Laizhou, and he also has influence in Jinzhou."

"I can only say that false rumors sometimes really make people feel ridiculous. If I were him, I would solve this problem in the first time, instead of letting it continue to spread."

"In this way, he is nothing great. Rumors are rumors after all."

"However, the 'New City Plan' he proposed is good."

The silver big back who spoke first nodded, "This is actually just right. If he can't solve this problem, then taking it as a bargaining chip, we can get more benefits from it."

The blue-eyed guy asked, "How much do you want him to share?"

The silver big back walked while looking at the sparkling lake in the distance. After he stopped for a while, he said, "More than half, sixty percent or more?"

"He holds twenty-something percent in his hand, and the rest is distributed to those people, it should be about the same."

"A very suitable number."

Others laughed. They had heard some topics and discussions about Lan before, knowing that this guy was not easy to mess with, and thought they could see a good show—

For capitalists, if the union people could suffer a big loss in Lan's hands, this was definitely something that could make them feel happy.

They hadn't been less blackmailed by the union these years. The workers' union organization, plus the Labor Federation, was simply a bandit!

They always used strikes to threaten capitalists to continuously raise wages or improve welfare benefits for them. Once they were unhappy, they would strike inexplicably.

This not only made the workers' working hours continuously decrease, but the wages issued to them were getting higher and higher.

Some institutions had conducted surveys, and the workers' working hours had decreased by more than 20 percent, but their income had increased by more than 40 percent. This damn thing was simply unreasonable!

But they had no good way. After all, in this era, information technology was not developed, and there was no internet era. Light and heavy industry were the core pillars of social economy.

Whether it was a garment factory or an automobile manufacturing factory, they were very dependent on technical workers and skilled workers. Precisely these resources were mastered in the hands of the union and the Labor Federation.

If a capitalist was an adult male wearing decent clothes and having a strong body, then the workers' union and the Labor Federation were the little guys who grabbed the capitalist's eggs.

Their pure power was simply not the opponent of the capitalist, but they grabbed the capitalist's vital point.

Being pinched many times, capitalists hadn't resisted, but the number of victories could only be said to be pitifully small.

If someone could give the workers' union a heavy punch and let them vent their anger, they would also be very happy.

But they waited and waited and didn't wait for Lan to make a move. Instead, the momentum of the union was getting bigger and bigger. While they were somewhat disappointed, they also thought of another thing.

Everything had two sides. If Lan couldn't give the union a punch, then the union gave Lan a punch. With the reason of helping Lan deal with the union, could they intervene in the New City project?

Capital always pursued profit. As long as there was enough profit, they were willing to do anything, let alone just bearing some risks. What was the big deal about this?

A group of people walked forward while talking. They soon came to the next hitting point. The silver big back stood aside and said, "Observe for two more days. If this Lan White still behaves so weakly, arrange for someone to talk to him."

"Take at least fifty percent of the investment share, and we will help him handle this matter."

Thinking that such a large project was about to fall into their hands, everyone's faces showed a very gentlemanly smile.

At the same time, Lawyer Luo Ben also arrived in Deruixi and met Lan in the office.

"Are you sure you don't need to rest?", Lan sat in the chair, put his hands on his waist and looked at Lawyer Luo Ben. He looked a bit haggard.

Lawyer Luo Ben shook his head, "Actually, I rested very well. I have been resting all the way here, and I don't need to drive myself. It's just that the space in the car is too small, and I can't stretch out."

"Compared to letting me go back to rest now, I want to move around more."

Lan nodded, "Take care of your body yourself, I don't want you to be exhausted here."

"These are some materials, I had people collect them in the past two days, you take a look first."

Lan handed over a stack of documents. Lawyer Luo Ben read them very seriously. As he read, his brows tightened. After ten minutes, he closed the last page, "The seriousness of the matter exceeds my imagination."

In just a few days, some local building materials suppliers who were in contact before, as well as some construction machinery leasing companies, suddenly stopped the negotiations with Wanli Group regarding cooperation.

They didn't mind revealing the news to Lan's managers. The reason was very simple. Multiple workers' unions had privately contacted these companies and warned them not to cooperate with Wanli Group.

Otherwise, in the future, the work of the workers' union in construction or other aspects would refuse to use the materials and machinery they provided.

Plus there was the endorsement of the state union and the support of the Labor Federation, these businessmen were indeed not very dare to mess around. For them, Lan's project was indeed a super large project, which could make them earn a lot of money, but it wouldn't be big enough to make them completely rich. There would be many suppliers supplying them.

Actually, the reason they chose to "pause" was mainly because the influence of the union had been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people over the years.

The union threatened them that as long as they supplied goods to Wanli Group, they would unite all unions to completely refuse to use the goods they provided in the future.

This was a fatal thing for these suppliers.

Unless the profit generated by the project in cooperation with Lan could make them earn for a lifetime, this was obviously a losing business.

The workers' union always had a way to make them compromise. After all, the union was the one that mastered the right to speak in the production industry, not the capitalists.

"What do you want me to do?"

Lan laughed twice, took out a cigarette case, took out one and threw it over, "Don't be so nervous, Luo Ben, although it looks a bit serious, it's not as serious as you think."

"I had a question after seeing these documents."

"Don't they violate the federal 'Anti-Monopoly Law' by doing this?"

His words directly made Lawyer Luo Ben not know how to answer. In Lawyer Luo Ben's mind, the brain began to bubble and soon boiled!

All relevant clauses about the "Anti-Monopoly Law" emerged from his mind, and he began to try to connect these clauses with what Lan said.

But he was not a lawyer specializing in monopoly cases after all. In fact, the cases he was most proficient in were gang criminal cases.

He had the ability to drill loopholes in criminal law, and also knew how to bribe judges smoothly, but he was indeed not good at commercial cases.

"I'm not very clear about the 'Anti-Monopoly Law', I need my assistant to come over."

Lan made a "please" gesture. Soon Lawyer Luo Ben left the room, and after two minutes, he brought another lawyer in.

"This is the lawyer in our law firm who is best at corporate aspects. He knows this aspect very well."

After Lan greeted him, the two sat down again. Lawyer Luo Ben repeated the things Lan said just now, and also let this lawyer who specialized in helping enterprises fight lawsuits look at the materials, and then threw out Lan's question just now.

Whether the union's behavior involved monopoly.

After listening to this question, the lawyer shook his head, "Luo Ben, Mr. White, this is actually a very classic question, and such disputes have existed before."

"According to the explanations in the 'Anti-Monopoly Law' and the 'Labor Rights Law', the behavior of the union to represent the labor group to negotiate with capitalists and agree on rights and obligations in order to maintain the rights of the worker group is not regarded as a specific fact of industry monopoly."

"So if you want to sue this construction workers' union through fact anti-monopoly, I'm afraid it's hard to do."

"In addition, I noticed that you mentioned that you don't want workers to have union backgrounds. Actually, this matter will also face some problems."

"Maybe you didn't notice that after President Luo Bote came to power, he promoted the passage and implementation of multiple laws. In a 'First Amendment to the Federal Labor Relations Act' he signed in March, it mentioned that the capital side is prohibited from using the provision of work as a reason to require laborers to voluntarily give up their union background."

"This bill will be...", the lawyer was stunned for a moment, then lowered his head and glanced at the watch on his wrist. He also used a watch with a calendar.

When he saw the numbers on the calendar clearly, he looked a bit surprised, "It has already started to be implemented. In other words, Mr. White, your requirement for them to voluntarily give up their union status is essentially illegal."

Lan felt a bit surprised when he heard this. He really didn't know much about these laws of the Federation. Even the lawyers themselves only had their own specialized aspects, let alone a non-law major Lan.

He rubbed his temples with both hands, "So I can't use this to deal with them, and I will get into trouble myself?"

The lawyer nodded, "In principle, it is like this."

"In principle?", Lan repeated this keyword.

The lawyer smiled and nodded, "In principle, but no one stipulates that the union must appear in the form of 'so-and-so union'. From a legal perspective, we need to identify the union organization. The key lies in what kind of nature it undertakes."

"You can reform this labor service company again and change it into a comprehensive union-natured non-governmental organization, just like the Labor Federation. They are also a union, but they are not called 'skilled workers union' or something."

"This way, you can smoothly circumvent the illegal plot mentioned in the 'First Amendment to the Federal Labor Relations Act'."

"As for whether the construction union you mentioned is... monopoly."

"I think if we have some evidence to prove that the core reason for the construction workers' union to initiate the current action is not to protect workers' rights entrusted by workers, but selfish, to satisfy their own private desires."

"Then we can try to send them to court, but the subject of the defendant is not the workers' union, but... those people in the workers' union who can decide this matter."

"The president of the union, the vice president, and so on."

"Mr. White, sending them to prison can achieve the effect you want to achieve, and no one will have nothing to do to trouble you again."

"Of course, maybe you need to use some extra means. We don't advocate doing this, but sometimes we have to do it."

Lan nodded slightly. He was quite satisfied with this answer. Not only could he continue to follow his ideas, but he also solved a potential risk.

"Very good, just do as you said. If there is anything we need to cooperate with, you talk to Luo Ben. Whether it is funds, personnel, or interpersonal relationships, you can mobilize them."

"My requirement is to make these people pay for their behavior as soon as possible!"

The lawyer was full of smiles. This might not be a big case, but at least he was in Lan's eyes, and there would always be opportunities to contact big cases in the future.

"I am willing to serve you, Mr. White!" ===== CHAPTER 1239 =====