At around 11 o'clock in the night, Yu Mingyuan and others got out of the car at Tufang Street, Zhanan District, and saw the third sister who had been waiting here for a while.
"How many places did the former district chief take people to?" Yu Mingyuan asked the third sister.
"We've gone to five or six houses." The third sister replied softly: "When I arrived, they had just finished."
"Well, let's go and have a look." Yu Mingyuan nodded.
The third sister looked at everyone and suddenly said with red eyes: "There is one more thing."
"What's going on?" Su Tianyu asked.
"...Jiu...Uncle Jiu's wife committed suicide by drinking pesticide." The third sister replied with a trembling voice: "Fortunately, the neighbor discovered it and sent her to the hospital. She was just rescued and is still in a coma."
When everyone heard this, their expressions were shocked and they were speechless for a long time.
There are four people in Uncle Jiu's family, with two children. The eldest son is twenty-three or four years old. He also went into the mines a few days ago and his body has not been found yet. His youngest daughter has just entered junior high school.
This family was already living in poverty, and now that they have lost their two main laborers, they really don’t know how they will live in the future.
For some families, they may be eager to receive compensation, but some families value people more. If the people are gone, what is the use of money?
Uncle Jiu's wife has been seriously ill, and most of the family's expenses are on her. As for this mining operation, Uncle Jiu also wants to make a little more money in the short term, firstly to use it for his wife's health, and secondly, he is also thinking about giving money to his wife.
The eldest son marries a wife.
Therefore, Uncle Jiu's wife chose to commit suicide, which was actually more due to guilt. She felt that she was a drag on her husband and children. Without her, maybe they would not have to go to the mines or do those dangerous things.
Once a person becomes poor, even his thoughts and motivations become extremely simple. Making money, living, waiting for aging, waiting for death, all the joys, sorrows, sorrows and joys are so difficult to hide.
After everyone was silent for a while, Yu Mingyuan lowered his head and said, "Let's go see her after we finish."
"Okay!" The third sister nodded heavily and led a group of people to the Pigeon Tower.
…
There are six members of the Lu family. They live in a Relief Administration community built by the Relief Administration. In a 45-square-meter, one-and-a-half-bedroom house, there are two elderly people over seventy years old and a pair of middle-aged women.
and a pair of children who are in school.
Lu Hengyuan, the pillar of the family, died in a mining accident a few days ago. Although the body has not been found yet, the family is completely desperate. After such a long time, even if a person is not crushed to death or drowned underground, then
He was also suffocated and starved to death.
When Yu Mingyuan, Su Tianyu and others came to this house, the hostess couldn't even find a chair for everyone to sit on. Their eyes were numb and they looked at the management of the Kiwanis Club at a loss, not knowing what to say.
.
The small living room was inexplicably filled with a special smell, like the smell of Chinese medicine, or a smell of stench or decay. It was hard to describe, but it existed in every home in this community.
It seems that this taste has become a commonality, which is difficult to get rid of. There is no discrimination or prejudice, but it exists objectively.
"Sister-in-law, there's no need to be busy." Yu Mingyuan had seen Lu Hengyuan's wife in the trade union, so he softly comforted her: "We can just stand there for a while."
"Okay, okay." Lu Hengyuan's wife placed all the ghost coins and half-finished paper figures stacked in the living room in the corner, leaving room for everyone to talk.
These ghost coins, paper figures, gold ingots, etc. are not prepared for Lu Hengyuan, but Mrs. Lu's usual job. She works in a plastic factory during the day, and takes some odd jobs at a shroud shop to earn subsidies at night.
"That's right, sister-in-law." Yu Mingyuan paused, frowned and said to the Lu family: "We have communicated with Baolong Mining. They feel that the full compensation according to the insurance contract is a bit too high..."
"The contract says this, why is it too high?" Mrs. Lu asked numbly: "We are not blackmailing anyone. We will implement it as it was agreed upon."
Mrs. Lu's words were full of dissatisfaction. He thought that Yu Mingyuan, like the people who came just now, came to lower the price.
"We also agree to pay full compensation." Yu Mingyuan immediately explained: "And the labor union has been working hard in this direction."
On the sofa, he looked at the old man with dull eyes and asked in a hoarse voice: "Can the union help us get our money back?!"
"We will definitely ask for money, but we are afraid that while we are collecting money, some families of the workers who died will privately sign a settlement agreement with Baolong Mining." Yu Mingyuan said bluntly: "If this is the case, there will be internal problems.
, and Baolong Mining will definitely not agree to our appeal. It is impossible to have the same result and pay two amounts of money, do you understand what I mean?"
The old man pondered for a long time and said clearly: "Whoever wants to sign a settlement agreement with Baolong Mining, then I will not live anymore, I will kill him...!"
Everyone was silent.
"The former district chief who came just now filled up his family's safe, and also helped a large group to squeeze us out of our hard work... We don't agree." The old man frowned and said, "How much compensation is written in the contract?
, that’s how much they should give.”
When Mrs. Lu heard this, she lowered her head and wiped her tears: "If we have a choice... we definitely don't want money, we want people. But... the problem is that we have no choice now. Lao Lu is gone, and I can't let his son grow up in the future."
Why don’t you go down the well?!”
"Don't worry, unless the union disappears, we will definitely get the money back!" Yu Mingyuan took out his wallet, took out all the cash, put it on the table and said, "Give us some time."
…
This evening.
Yu Mingyuan and others went to the homes of six miners who died and communicated with their relatives. Except for a small number of people who were a little wavered in their thoughts, most of them insisted on full compensation.
In this way, the pressure within the union is much reduced, at least there are not so many different voices.
After visiting six houses, Yu Mingyuan, Su Tianyu and others donated all the cash they had with them.
Poverty cannot be disguised. We are really embarrassed to offer condolences with empty hands and just talk about policies.
It lasted until early in the morning, when Yu Mingyuan and others went to the hospital, while Su Tianyu and Su Tiannan were waiting in the car for Er Mao from Changqing Company.
Su Tiannan was sitting on the back of the seat, smoking a cigarette, and suddenly asked: "Xiao Yu, do you think joining a trade union can change today's social environment?"
"It can't be changed." Su Tianyu replied without hesitation.
"...I don't know what's going on lately. I always feel that the city of Longcheng is too depressing and I can't see any hope." Su Tiannan took a deep breath of cigarette and said softly: "This time, I'm trying to break up with the Baolong Group.
Lead the team!"
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Baolong Group, in the splendid sky garden rest area.
Xu Jinbo sat under the parasol in the open-air garden on the top floor, eating late-night snacks, and said softly to Yang Decheng: "The Tongji Association is not a fool. There is no benefit in being more serious. It is most practical to let the workers get their money quickly. I personally feel that they
We will compromise. When we go back to the second negotiation, you can also increase the amount of compensation, to about 400,000 yuan per person, which is about the same..."
Yang Decheng was a little unwilling: "400,000 yuan, more than 100 people, and nearly 50 million yuan in compensation. Made, all this money has to come from our mining company...!"