An Hezheng asked back, "What? Am I wrong?"
"This is so interesting. Employees have been treated unfairly. Shouldn't the labor union fight for their rights and prevent this from happening again?"
An Hezheng frowned, and Park Zhenhe continued:
"It's really strange. If someone who doesn't know hears this, they might think I'm the representative of the labor group, and you represent the management."
After hearing this, An Hezheng immediately became unhappy.
"Since you say so, I won't be polite."
"Speaking."
"When does the company plan to raise everyone's salary?"
"A pay raise?"
Park Jin Hyuk turned and looked at Hyun Yi Soo.
Xuan Yizhu replied: "I have already considered this matter. The current economic situation is not good, so..."
An Hezheng interrupted him directly, "We know the economic situation is bad, so we've been postponing the salary increase again and again. How long do you plan to let us wait?"
Park Jin Hyuk said, "Did you know that the company has started organizational reform?"
"What do you mean? Is the institutional reform aimed at the labor group? Is it the grassroots employees who caused the company to become what it is now?" An Hezheng's voice became noticeably louder.
The labor union is composed of the company's middle-level and grassroots employees and represents the interests of these people. Senior executives are not included, so An Hezheng said this.
Park Jin Hyuk still looked calm, "Of course not..."
An Hezheng said loudly:
"The responsibility for the company's poor performance lies with the management, not the ordinary employees."
"I agree with you, so the first step in organizational reform is to fire half of the senior executives."
After hearing this, An Hezheng was speechless for a moment.
He knew that Park Jin Hyuk had already sent Shin Guk Jeon home, but he didn't expect that he would have to replace half of the executives.
"I invited you here to discuss and improve the problems I saw today. I didn't expect you to start by demanding a pay raise. I suggest everyone calm down and have a good discussion. Don't act like we did 10 years ago... I remember 10 years ago, the DS Heavy Industries labor group launched an indefinite strike, and some even set themselves on fire. It was quite a scene."
At that time, due to the breakdown of labor-management negotiations, the labor group of DS Heavy Industries took radical actions and a fierce conflict broke out with the police, resulting in the death of a police officer.
Afterwards, the labor union also admitted that some of the actions taken during the strike were wrong.
An Hezheng was angry when his past scars were exposed:
"Why are you bringing up something that happened 10 years ago? Since that strike, the labor group hasn't held another large-scale strike and has been cooperating very well with management."
"There are still some small-scale strikes, right?"
“If there’s no action, is it still a labor group?”
"We hope the labor union won't take any radical action this time. We are ready to negotiate with the labor union on the issue of wages."
Xuan Yizhu heard that while Park Jin Hyuk was calming the other party down, he was also reminding himself to take countermeasures as soon as possible.
"We are going on strike to express our reasonable demands. If you are willing to listen to the demands of the labor group, we will naturally not go on strike," said An Hezheng.
Park Jin Hyuk turned to Hyun Yi Soo and asked, "Are you free tonight?"
"There's time."
"Branch Chief, are you free tonight?" Park Jin Hyuk asked An Hezheng again.
An Hezheng thought for a moment and said, "You mean we can have a drink and chat at night, right?"
"I mean, let's use tonight to negotiate our wages."
An Hezheng finally understood Park Jin Hyuk's true intention:
"Tonight? It's too rushed."
It can be seen that he is well prepared for negotiations, and his so-called demands are just to achieve some personal goals.
Park Jin Hyuk said, "Minister An Ji, I'm giving you a chance."
An Hezheng turned around and asked, "What do you mean by that?"
Park Jin Hyuk smiled and said, "The person with the decision-making power is right in front of you. Don't you want to take advantage of this opportunity? I have to go back to Seoul tonight, and I don't know when I will come next time."
After hearing this, An Hezheng hesitated.
While he was hesitating, Park Jin Hyuk continued:
"The choice is yours. Don't accuse me of not giving Lao Tuo a chance."
An Hezheng felt hesitant and he thought about it for a long time. Finally, he said:
"Okay, then let's negotiate tonight."
"Okay, then please go back and notify the people participating in the negotiations, and I will also organize our people."
"What time is it set in the evening?" An Hezheng asked.
"It's about 6pm, and we still have 4 hours to prepare."
"See you then."
After saying that, An Hezheng turned and walked out.
Seeing An Hezheng go out, Xuan Yizhu said:
"Looking at his attitude, he's going to go on strike if we can't reach an agreement."
"Most of the labor group's demands ultimately come down to money and income. As long as we resolve this issue, there's nothing to worry about... Did you notice? This branch chief had no intention of negotiating from the beginning."
Xuan Yizhu felt the same way.
Park Jin Hyuk said: "I think there are two possible reasons. Either they already knew our proposal and were not going to accept it, or someone promised them something. Of course, it could be both."
"Our plan hasn't been finalized yet, how can we possibly know?"
"Not confirmed doesn't mean it doesn't exist."
Xuan Yizhu nodded slowly, his expression looking a little heavy.
Park Jin Hyuk said, "It's not easy to be the president of DS Heavy Industries. I came here to help you relieve your burden and solve the labor group problem."
It turns out that Park Jin Hyuk already had a clear plan for this trip to Changwon.
Xuan Yizhu said: "Then I will go and gather the people who will participate in the negotiations immediately."
Park Jin Hyuk nodded.
*** *** ***
Xuan Yizhu called all the people participating in the negotiations to his office.
Everyone was a little surprised when they heard that they would have wage negotiations with the labor group.
They discussed in advance what demands the labor group might make and how to respond, including salary and bonus increases, compensation for fired employees, etc.
Park Jin Hyuk did not participate in their discussion, but listened quietly from the side.
At six o'clock in the afternoon, representatives from both the management and labor groups came to the meeting room.
The representatives of the labor group all had red cloth tied on their heads and wore red vests, looking very imposing.
First, representatives from both labor and management introduced themselves to each other and shook hands.
An Hezheng looked around and asked, "Didn't the media reporters get notified?"
"Today's negotiations were decided on at the last minute, so the media was not notified. I don't think this will affect the progress of the negotiations," said Xuan Yizhu.
"Then let's get started."
"Should the labor group put forward its demands first? Or should we discuss our ideas first?"
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