Earlier, I went to meet with the laid-off workers outside, and I tried to be as gentle as possible. But it was obvious that someone among them was causing trouble. Under such circumstances, I could only express my attitude as quickly as possible and leave.
This is not because I am arrogant, nor because I think I am anything special, but because I think this is how we should handle such mass incidents.
The problem is that maybe my personal prestige is not the most important, but the government’s prestige must be established. Otherwise, there will be no way to do many things in the future.
I am asking Mayor Wu about this matter now, mainly because I want to hear if he has any better or more reasonable suggestions on this matter. I think he may be more experienced than me in handling this kind of mass incident. After all,
He has been in politics much longer than I have.
He said: "Mayor Feng, I think you handled it well this way. Select some representatives and then listen carefully to their opinions. Mayor Feng, I think the key to this matter is not how to control the situation now.
, after all, these people have not done anything radical yet, and I believe they will not do that. Most of us people in Shangjiang City are still very rational and will not make trouble unreasonably. The key to the problem is that when you understand them
How to answer them after asking questions.”
I nodded, "So I hope you will come with me later, so that we can discuss it later."
He shook his head and said: "In that case, we have no chance to discuss at all. I think this is the best way: when the time comes, you will ask them about the situation, and I will answer first after they talk. This way, I can leave room for you to think.
Then you can also modify my previous opinions. Do you think this is a good idea?"
I thought for a moment and immediately gave him a thumbs up, "Mayor Wu, what a great idea!"
Then we talked about some other things.
Just as we were talking, the Secretary-General came in and told us that the people outside had been selected and were now in the conference room.
I said to Mayor Wu: "Then let's go quickly."
When I arrived at the city government conference room, I saw nearly twenty people sitting inside. They seemed a little nervous. In fact, this is normal. After all, there are many people when they are outside, and when there are many people, they will definitely be bolder.
A lot. People in our country are afraid of officials. When they face officials alone, they can't help but feel fear. In the final analysis, this is still a kind of reverence for power.
They were sitting on one side of the conference room. There were people sitting in front and behind the conference table, but the side opposite them was empty. Obviously, this was arranged by the Secretary-General.
Mayor Wu and I sat across from them. Then I looked at them with a smile, and then said: "Comrades sitting in the back, please sit over here. If you sit like this, don't you make us more distinct?"
Is it okay? Mayor Wu and I have become lonely? Today we are sitting here to have an equal dialogue, and the more casual we can be, the better."
They all laughed, but still didn't move.
The secretary-general and my secretary Xiao Xu went to ask the people sitting behind me to come to the side where I was sitting. They hesitated for a while before slowly coming over.
I smiled and said: "How good is this? Right? Okay, let's not talk about other gossip. Which representative will speak first?"
I have a notebook and pen in front of me. In fact, I can completely remember what they are going to say, but I must record it. This shows my attitude and respect for them.
At this time, a representative in his fifties spoke. He said: "Mayor Feng, Mayor Wu, first of all, I want to thank you two leaders for being so approachable, and thank you for listening to our opinions so seriously...
..”
I immediately smiled and said to him: "No need to thank you, this is what we should do. The government's job is to solve problems for the citizens. We welcome your opinions on our work, otherwise we will keep our heads down and do things all day long.
I still don’t know what’s wrong with my work. So, it’s us who should say thank you. I’m sorry, please continue talking.”
The man immediately said: "Mayor Feng, if we hadn't really encountered difficulties, we wouldn't have come to the city government to cause trouble for you. Our factory cooperates with the Japanese to build cars, which is a good thing. We are laid off, although in our hearts
We are very reluctant inside. After all, we have worked in the factory all our lives, and several generations have been dedicated to this factory. It must be difficult to accept that we have suddenly changed from people of the country to unemployed people. But we know that the country must
We encountered difficulties, so we had to be laid off, and we ourselves did not pass the exam. We can’t blame others. This is how society is now, and competition is everywhere, so although we are unhappy, we can still accept it.
reality.”
I didn't expect him to say such a thing, and I was immediately moved in my heart: These are our people, who says they are not aware? I think their awareness is higher than many of our cadres!
The worker representative continued: "But we have to live. One family works together, and we are all seniors and juniors. Prices are so high now, and young people's children spend so much money studying.
, the state just uses that little money to buy out our working years, what will we do in the future?”
I nodded, "What you said is indeed the actual situation. I have recorded it. Other representatives, please continue talking."
Next was a middle-aged woman. She said in a very excited tone, "Mayor Feng, we can't figure it out. Why should we be laid off? Your government wants to get rid of the burden. Just waste less on your food and drink. The car you ride in is low-end."
A little is enough, why are you taking advantage of us poor people?"
The person next to her immediately gave her a slight push, as if to tell her not to talk like this. I looked at her and smiled, "You are right to criticize, I will record it first, and after you have finished raising your questions, I will answer them together."
.Please ask the representative behind to continue talking."
Next, a middle-aged male worker began to speak. He said: "Mayor Feng, my consciousness is not that high. We have always been members of the country. We have been in the factory for several generations. We have no credit but hard work.
Now the government has sent us away with tens of thousands of yuan, isn’t this too chilling?”
Then someone else said: "At the beginning, the government issued a policy to resettle our laid-off workers and asked for our opinions. At that time, I did not expect that I would be laid off, and I could not understand the document at all. Only now do I know
, It turns out that we are so worthless. That’s fine, but what we didn’t expect was that the government would even deduct our layoff subsidies. Isn’t this too much?”
I was shocked: Their money was deducted? What happened? I hurriedly said: "Who deducted your money? How much was deducted?"
This person said: "Anyway, each of us gets a different amount of money. Some of us get 60,000 or 70,000 yuan, while some of us get less than 20,000 yuan. We asked the factory and they said that the documents were very clear. We
Is it calculated according to the documents? Why do people who started working in the same year as me get paid more than me? I am not the only one in this situation." (To be continued)