In late February, Winston returned to London, and when he returned to southern Africa, it was already March 20th.
Over the past month, the economic crisis has continued to ferment, and the U.S. stock market crash has continued to spread. Various industries have been affected. More and more banks have closed down due to runs. A large number of companies have closed down, workers have lost their jobs, and the queues for food relief have stretched for several blocks.
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The United Kingdom was not immune. The coal industry, which had just resumed production, became the hardest hit area. More and more unemployed people were registered in the labor market. On March 10, the Nyasaland Company wanted to recruit two cleaning staff in London. The result was that
There were 500 resumes, including many elites from before the economic crisis.
Southern Africa is also inevitably affected by the economic crisis.
However, compared with the United States and the United Kingdom, Southern Africa has a stronger ability to cope with the economic crisis. When the economic crisis first broke out, Roque instructed Southern African companies to gradually reduce the employment of African-American workers and leave more job opportunities to Southern Africans. Even though
Some jobs are more intense and pay lower, but having a job is better than not having a job.
"Using more southern Africans will definitely increase the cost of the enterprise, thereby weakening the competitiveness of the enterprise, and the consequences will be disastrous -" Henry is not willing to do this. Within the Fawalt Steel Group, the proportion of African-American workers is 100%.
Over seventy.
Christian did not dare to speak. In the construction field, the proportion of African-American workers is even higher, exceeding 90%.
Stoudemire and Irving did not say anything. There are also a large number of African-American workers in their companies. Southern African companies rely on their huge cost advantages to survive in international competition.
Owen owns the largest aluminum products processing industry in Southern Africa and can be said to be the "King of Aluminum Industry" in Southern Africa.
Stoudemire co-owns the Katanga copper mine with Roque, and is now chairman of the Johannesburg Mining Alliance.
"What I mean is not to completely fire all African-American workers, but to leave relatively high-skilled positions to southern Africans as much as possible." The companies under Roque's name also used a large number of African-American workers, and now the situation has been greatly improved.
Companies under Roque's name will try to use southern Africans as much as possible for positions that have undergone major improvements and have slightly technical content.
The higher the technical content, the higher the income, and some southern Africans are still willing to accept it.
As for those who are unwilling to accept, Roque will not force it. Most southern Africans have farms waiting to be inherited at home, and at least their livelihood can be guaranteed.
Rock is worried about new immigrants who have just immigrated to southern Africa.
Nowadays, Southern Africa no longer uses free farms to attract new immigrants. This group of people is relatively weak in fighting the economic crisis and needs help from the federal government. For this purpose, Roque has established several departments to provide maximum support to the unemployed.
help.
Although Southern Africa is less affected by the economic crisis, there will definitely be companies that close down during the economic crisis.
Especially those young people who have just stepped out of school. Graduates from Nyasaland University are certainly in demand, but not necessarily those from other schools. Roque must also prepare for a rainy day.
Just yesterday, Roque instructed the federal Congress to urgently pass the Industrial Organization Law and the Agricultural Protection Law, which mainly provide support for small businesses. Although large companies have an important status, small businesses with less than ten workers cannot be ignored.
Moreover, there are many such small businesses in southern Africa, and most private farms fall into this category.
While promoting legislation, Roque is also preparing to establish a resource protection team to recruit unemployed young people. Their tasks are to plant trees and protect forests, prevent and control floods, soil and water conservation, road construction, open forest fire lines and set up forest watchtowers, etc.
, this plan is expected to attract one million people to join, and the scale can be further expanded if necessary in the future.
The current population of Southern Africa is just over 70 million. Taking into account the stable social structure and developed economic strength, during the entire economic crisis, the number of unemployed people was only about one to two million. Roque's "Resource Conservation Corps" plan is enough to cover most of them.
Unemployed population.
"Locke, we are not opposed to hiring southern Africans, but you also know that hiring southern Africans not only increases the cost -" Stoudemire also objected that African-American workers working in southern Africa would not be able to enjoy the various benefits of southern Africa.
Legal protection: If you hire southern Africans, the increased expenses are not just salary.
Southern Africa has established a minimum wage and maximum working hour guarantee system a long time ago. Under normal circumstances, the minimum weekly wage for a southern African cannot be less than two rands, and the weekly working hours cannot exceed 48 hours. In conversion, this is
Eight-hour working day, one day off per week.
Of course, you have to be willing to work four days a week, or 12 hours a day.
Don't think that there are no such positions, there are even more extreme ones.
For example, a train driver.
Train drivers in Southern Africa, if they are running long-distance trains, usually have three days of work and three days of rest. Of course, the work here does not work continuously for 72 hours, and the maximum working time per day will not exceed 12 hours.
As for ocean-going cargo ships, that is a special situation. Once it goes to sea, it only lasts for one or two months. The working hours are long and the rest time is also long.
"Cecil, we cannot always put our profits on the exploitation of African-American workers." Roque made high demands. This was the first time in twenty years that Roque took the initiative to touch on this issue.
Rock's request is very simple. Capital, from the first day he appeared, dirty blood flowed from every pore.
The same is true in southern Africa.
The rise of capital in southern Africa is based on the exploitation of African-American workers.
In the past, Southern Africa was not qualified to raise this issue. European and American countries have accumulated experience for hundreds of years. It is indeed difficult for Southern Africa to compete with European and American companies without resorting to unconventional means.
The situation is much better now. With the rise of the automobile and aviation fields, Southern African companies already have certain technological advantages. Coupled with the resources controlled by Southern African capital, they can compete head-on with European and American companies. At this time, we can focus on profit points.
In terms of the exploitation of African-American workers, the pattern is indeed a bit small.
"You mean, we have to completely give up our human resources advantage?" Xiaosi was surprised, and Henry was also taken aback.
"Do you still remember the attack on us by the League of Nations some time ago?" Rock stated the facts and reasoned, and Stoudemire and Henry both nodded.
"If we continue to rely on squeezing African-American workers to maintain profits, then this problem will always exist. If southern Africa wants to truly rise, it cannot teach others in these aspects-" Rock's attitude is firm. In fact, it is not Henry Stoudemire who is not
Sensible, but it was too easy to make money in the past, and Stoudemire and Henry were unwilling to give up this part of their profits.
"We already have huge advantages in many areas, such as raw materials. We can obtain raw materials from the Southern African Union at the lowest price, which is our biggest advantage; and technology, after twenty years of accumulation, our
Enterprises have mastered a lot of advanced technologies and are leading the world in many fields. We can definitely obtain more profits by relying on advanced technologies - not to mention, the large-scale popularization of machinery has the ability to replace manpower in more and more fields.
It's possible, so we have to do this." Roque's attitude is firm, and some companies in southern Africa are indeed going a bit too far.
A fact that cannot be ignored is that not all business owners are happy to see technological progress. There are many mine owners in the Rand Gold Mine who would rather use African workers than upgrade equipment and still use the most primitive
way to mine gold.
The reason is simple. Mining machinery is very expensive, but African-American workers are very cheap. Therefore, many mine owners would rather be less efficient than purchase mining machinery.
So the key to the problem is that there are enough African-American workers in Southern Africa. If Southern Africa is not allowed to hire African-American workers, then those mine owners will have to upgrade mining equipment and reduce the number of workers, which will greatly increase efficiency.
, it will also play a huge role in promoting the mining machinery industry.
As more mining machinery is sold, the technology will become more and more advanced, more and more steel will be used, and more and more oil will be sold.
That's why Rock insists on doing this.
Henry obviously figured out this relationship, so Henry didn't say anything.
The food production company under Xiaosi's name is a labor-intensive industry, so Xiaosi will object.
To put it bluntly, it's all about interests.
"The economic crisis is dangerous, but it is also an opportunity. We must use this period to complete industrial upgrading, gradually eliminate backward production capacity, improve production efficiency, research more advanced technologies, produce better products, and provide better services to customers. In this way
Only after the economic crisis is over can we overtake the Old Continent and the United States." Rock's ideals are so great that the sun never sets on an empire? World police?
Feng shui is turning, and it's coming to my house this year.
It is now Southern Africa's turn to step onto the world stage and make waves.
"Cecil, haven't you made enough money over the years? You are absolutely right to hear what Locke said." Henry was convinced by Rock, and he had not made less money over the years.
"I can stand and talk without pain in my back. Who would think that money is too much? I also want Rhodes University to surpass Nyasaland University one day. I also want to provide a better life for Rhodesians. Do you think I am making money?"
Why? I am responsible for 5 million Rhodesians!" Stoudemire is no longer the Stoudemire he used to be. As a human being, you have to be a little ideal, otherwise there is no difference from a salted fish.
"Then it's a happy decision. Cecil, you are in charge of the Rand Mining Area. Henry, you are in charge of the Fawalt Steel Group. And Christian, don't think that I can't see you if you don't speak. Within half a year,
The number of southern African-American workers in Christian Construction Company must reach more than 50%." Roque assigned tasks, and the consequences of failure to complete them would be serious.
