Chapter 381: 382. Chapter 377: Rapid Advancement 6662

382. Chapter 377: Rapid Advancement 6662

"Congressman Cleveland!"

The Deputy Governor quickly greeted him enthusiastically, stretching out his hand from afar.

And the congressional congressman he called "Congressman Jeffrey," Jeffrey Cleveland, stood in place and stretched out his right hand. Accompanied by the Deputy Governor's rapid approach and stretching out his hand, the two hands held together tightly.

"I didn't expect you to bring so many people; I hope I didn't keep you waiting."

Congressman Cleveland looked about fifty-five years old—why was there a zero and a whole? Because he looked like he was older than fifty but less than sixty, so he looked about fifty-five.

His hair had undergone a little steam-curling technology, which made the part of his hair in front of his forehead look a bit curly.

This kind of curling was becoming a popular element and was constantly spreading in society.

A very decent custom-made formal suit, every time it was very fitting, so that the pickiest people couldn't pick any faults.

He didn't choose the loose style that Federal people liked, but chose a very slim-fitting shape, which made him look very, very energetic.

From the perspective of mental outlook, it didn't look like the old age shown by his real age at all.

The Deputy Governor introduced the people who came to greet him, and then shook hands and greeted the accompanying representatives, and the whole process ended.

Although there were no children holding flowers high and a flower-offering ceremony, overall, it had reached the standard for greeting a congressional congressman.

Federal people were always like this; they never admitted that they had formalism, but when needed, formalism would also jump out.

Sitting in the car, Congressman Cleveland looked at the calm streets outside the window, as well as the state police standing on the side of the street. He turned his head to look at the Deputy Governor, "It's not as chaotic as the rumors say!"

The Deputy Governor laughed and said, "Because evil and petty people heard you were coming, they hid in the sewers!"

This made Congressman Cleveland laugh loudly, "You must be joking with me!", he accepted this flattery, but accepted it very reservedly, not so directly.

He paused, and then asked, "How is the situation at the docks?"

"There is a bad news you might not be very clear about: the general representative of the Labor Union is on the way, and there is also the Dock Workers' General Union; some unions have also sent representatives over."

"If you are not careful, something big will happen."

The Deputy Governor looked blank, "Why so many people?"

Congressman Cleveland curled his lips, "There are rumors that we are going to use the militia to suppress the strike..."

The Deputy Governor took a cold breath; he immediately understood.

Don't look at how various factories were playing with their lives to exploit and oppress workers, but once workers united, this force was something that could destroy the world!

Even the President had to make concessions when facing the slogan "Workers Unite," and some politicians even shouted the slogan "I am a worker's child," which showed how powerful the united worker group was!

Such a powerful group was going to be conquered and suppressed by the militia?

How could this not greatly alarm the union groups of the entire Federation?

The Labor Union started to operate at the first time, and then the Dock Workers' General Union also moved; the representatives of the two organizations were already on the way, not to mention.

Other union representatives were also arriving one after another, and the situation would become more and more unstable.

Congressman Cleveland sighed, "The Speaker is most worried about a nationwide general strike. Tanfei has already started a war, and Slader's cavalry troops have captured Manla; the full-scale outbreak of the Tanfei continent war is just a matter of time."

"If we have a nationwide super general strike here at this time..."

He didn't finish his words, but it was enough for the Deputy Governor to think about.

In fact, the Deputy Governor, including the Governor, had several misunderstandings when thinking about these problems. First, they subconsciously thought this was an internal problem of the state, or even just an internal problem of New Jincheng, and it would be solved.

Secondly, they ignored the ambition of the Federal ruling group in the international background. The economy was quietly declining, and now the world leader started to self-thunder; this was a good opportunity for the Federation to catch up with the world!

Although they didn't know how to catch up with the world leader, at least they couldn't be the first to be chaotic.

The Deputy Governor patted his forehead, "Too much work makes me have no time to watch this world; it seems I have to make up for it."

Congressman Cleveland smiled, "As long as we solve these problems, there will be no problems."

In fact, he hadn't told the whole truth yet. The reason he came here to solve the strike problem as soon as possible was not just the militia problem.

Congress planned to set up a naval base near New Jincheng. If this strike problem couldn't be properly solved, local workers would definitely gather again to oppose the establishment of a military base nearby, which would be a big trouble again.

However, very few people knew about this matter, and it hadn't been announced to the outside world. Even the Department of Defense only knew some inside information, but didn't know more specific details.

"What are the demands of the dock workers now?"

The Deputy Governor handed over a document; the content was not complicated, just three requirements. After reading it, he didn't have any big feeling, "They are all very reasonable requirements; why doesn't the Dock Management Company agree to them?"

The Deputy Governor smiled somewhat awkwardly; he only knew a vague general thing, but obviously, Congressman Cleveland wanted an accurate answer. His brain was running at high speed, like a fast-turning electric fan, smashing his brains on his skull, and falling slowly.

"Because the Dock Management Company thinks these are unreasonable; they refuse to give so many welfare benefits at once."

He glanced at the three demands, "Adding these up, the actual wage increase might exceed two dollars!"

Congressman Cleveland nodded, and he flipped through a few more pages. He noticed that a clipping content was very interesting, "The New Jincheng workers' union has started to unify their uniforms?"

The Governor's brain was big; he knew about this, but hadn't understood it in more detail, so he could only bite the bullet and say, "It is indeed like this."

Congressman Cleveland curled his lips, "They are very united; this kind of group is the most difficult to deal with!"

He closed the document, "Connect some people who can decide the development of the situation; by then, the Labor Union side will definitely demand public negotiations; we need to understand these people."

He hadn't thought about the Dock Management Company not agreeing to this, because in the Federation, there was no problem that Congress couldn't solve.

If the Dock Management Company dared to say they wouldn't agree here, then tomorrow there would be specialized legislation proposed and passed quickly, and then they could legitimately use legal means to make the Dock Management Company compromise.

If they still didn't compromise, then all colors would come together until they agreed.

The car sped on the street and soon arrived in the Bay Area.

"Local celebrities have prepared a grand welcome party for you and several representatives..."

Many people looked over here, and Congressman Cleveland didn't refuse and agreed.

In fact, most people here were not qualified to chat with Congressman Cleveland alone; at most, they would say hello, and then say something like "Welcome to New Jincheng," and then they would be asked to "leave decently."

After arriving at the hotel, he immediately organized a small meeting, contacting relevant people, including some people in New Jincheng who might have a relationship with the strike, or had a relationship with the docks.

What made Congressman Cleveland feel interesting was that he found that there was a fourth party here that didn't belong to the worker group, didn't belong to the Dock Management Company, and had nothing to do with the union.

A gang group called the "Lanse family."

"Add this Lanse's name to the list of negotiation personnel.", he ordered directly, and the Deputy Governor's staff immediately followed suit.

Someone was definitely somewhat confused; perhaps in order to push the work forward as soon as possible, Congressman Cleveland also explained very patiently.

"In our statistics and analysis of past strike events in the Federation, we found that strike and demonstration activities with gangs participating have a larger scale and stronger destructive power!"

"But at the same time, if gangs stand on our side on this issue, the strike can also be calmed down as soon as possible."

"This Lanse is not an ordinary person; this Wanli office of his is very interesting, and he even specifically provided unified clothing for these people. Add his name; maybe he is the special medicine for this strike!"

The news quickly reached Lanse's ears; Vaughn not only brought this news but also asked about whether to stop first.

Lanse considered it, "You can stop; tell them."

The vicious strike event that had lasted for several days finally stopped temporarily, which also made Congressman Cleveland breathe a sigh of relief; he felt much better about these dock workers.

At least these people were willing to give him face!

During the waiting time, New Jincheng people felt unprecedented tranquility; there was no sudden gunshot, and no two people holding guns in a speeding car swept through.

The entire city became quiet, quiet enough to make people feel a bit incredible!

After the Labor Union general representative arrived in New Jincheng, the first negotiation that had been prepared for a long time finally started.

Almost all newspaper offices in the Federation came, and many international media also came.

If the Federation couldn't solve the New Jincheng dock strike problem as soon as possible, then in order to avoid losses, they could only remove the Federal New Jincheng docks from the entire shipping process.

Those ports ranked lower might develop rapidly because of this incident, and even their countries might obtain huge era dividends because of the surge in transportation business!

Congress didn't want to see these.

Lanse was arranged in a slightly lower position, even behind the worker representatives, but he didn't have any opinion on this arrangement.

It was worth mentioning that Congressman Cleveland had been in New Jincheng for three days; in three days, he hadn't seen the mayor.

Now such an important negotiation table had Lanse, a person who was ostensibly unrelated to the strike, but there was no mayor.

These were enough to cause some unfriendly guesses! ===== CHAPTER 382 =====