America 1869: A Doppelganger Every Day

Chapter 114 The Labor Association is established, and the Pinkerton Detective Agency is established.

After Leicester's article was published, Oliver's reputation soared.

All the workers at the bicycle factory jointly elected Oliver as their representative.

At the same time, most workers jointly elected Oliver to form a workers' association.

Moreover, the area surrounding the bicycle factory in Leicester is full of various factories.

After Oliver's success, people from other factories also came to him.

In just a few days, the American Workers Association was successfully established.

In the past few days, the Chinese American Daily has also reported on the establishment of the workers' association.

With the establishment of the industry association, many factory owners in New York also felt the pressure.

After the workers' association was established, Oliver set rules for the industrial association.

He even published this rule in the Chinese American Daily.

"Our workers' association was established to protect workers' most basic rights, and also to promote better cooperation between workers and all factory groups."

"We hope that every factory owner can operate for a longer period of time, and we also hope that every factory owner can make money."

"Because you earn money, we can have jobs."

"But we hope that while we help you make money, you can also give us a little bit of power."

"As long as you don't exploit workers without limit, and as long as you can make their lives a little better, we can sometimes accept it."

"We do not advocate strikes, because the losses suffered by factory owners due to strikes will ultimately be attributed to other workers by the factory owners."

"But we don't mind going on strike."

"If workers are treated extremely unfairly, then a strike may be a good option."

"At the same time, we established the workers' association in the hope that America can guarantee the most basic rights of workers."

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"I welcome more workers to join the workers' association."

"I believe that America, as a democratic country, is able to hear the voices of the workers."

"If all workers want to live better lives, then please join the workers' association and let us work together for our own interests."

to be honest.

Oliver has only one meaning.

If you can treat the workers better, we can continue working; but if that's not possible, we can go on strike.

At the same time, I hope more people will join industry associations, because in this democratic country, the voices of the people can be heard.

If we have enough people, we can participate in the election, and we can even influence the election of the president.

When we have enough people and our voice is loud enough, no one will dare to underestimate us.

It's obvious that nobody's a fool, and many people understood what was being said.

As a result, a large number of workers across the United States began applying to join workers' associations.

Oliver's status rose accordingly as he became the president of the workers' association.

Moreover, his theory gave many capitalists a reason to improve workers' treatment or reduce their working hours.

Because many workers benefited from this, Oliver's position became even more secure.

At least many people understand that the reason they are able to earn more money and have more time off is all because of Oliver, and that Oliver is a well-deserved president.

As long as Oliver exists, his position as chairman is practically guaranteed.

Moreover, Oliver didn't sit idle after becoming president.

He actively organized manpower to fight against the factories that oppressed workers.

Even a few days later, a real strike took place.

This strike was primarily initiated by a textile factory.

Because shortly after the union was established, a fire broke out at the textile factory.

The fire was quickly extinguished. Although the textile factory owner suffered some losses, they were not significant.

Because of this fire, several child laborers inhaled large amounts of dust, causing permanent physical damage.

These child laborers also joined the workers' association.

Most importantly, after the fire, these child laborers were not only dismissed, but the factory was also unwilling to take any responsibility.

Even when the children's families cried and complained at the factory, they were driven away by the factory's security personnel!

Those who disobey may even be severely beaten.

Oliver appeared in this situation.

He first communicated with the factory, hoping they could provide the most basic humanitarian assistance to the injured children in this matter.

Unfortunately, before he could finish speaking, the factory owner waved his hand, and four men stepped forward.

"Mr. Oliver, you'd better mind your own business and stay out of other people's affairs."

"If you insist on standing up for yourself, we don't mind teaching you a lesson."

Oliver, even in his clone, never imagined that American factory owners could be so ruthless!

This is practically preparing someone to attack you.

Based on the idea that a wise man doesn't suffer a loss in the short term, he chose to withdraw first.

After he left, he organized a strike by the textile factory workers.

The workers were already furious about the matter, but then the chairman of the workers' association came in person, so they naturally chose to obey.

Oliver, in his alternate identity, thought that by striking, he could fight for some rights for those kids, and then he could help them out, and the matter would be over.

Unexpectedly, not long after he organized the strike, the factory owner sent out the four men he had been with.

These four men didn't give Oliver any chance to react at all, and immediately started punching and kicking him.

Others who tried to stop them were also driven away.

They only stopped when Oliver was almost unable to move, and then the textile factory owner came over.

He looked at Oliver lying on the ground and sneered, saying...

"Don't think that just because you've organized some kind of industrial association and received certain benefits from some people, you can really take yourselves seriously."

"You'd better stay out of our factory's business from now on. If you want to organize any workers' association, I'll allow them to join. But if you continue to interfere in my factory's affairs, things won't be as simple as they are today."

After saying that, he didn't even glance at Oliver, but instead snorted coldly at the workers.

"What are you looking at? Get back to work! If you don't finish your work today, you can forget about getting paid this month."

Seeing this, the workers dared not resist and went back to work with their heads down.

Several people wanted to help Oliver up, but when they saw the factory owner and the four burly men, they could only back down.

After the workers had all gone to work, the boss waved and left.

Four burly men dragged Oliver out of the factory, and the leader of the group sneered as he spoke.

"Kid, remember this: the Pinkerton Detective Agency is in charge of security at this factory. If you cause trouble again, you might not be able to leave unscathed."

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