From michael.michaeldowney at gmail.com Thu Oct 2 18:14:16 2008 From: michael.michaeldowney at gmail.com (Michael Downey) Date: Thu, 2 Oct 2008 19:44:16 -0230 Subject: [War] Russia: "Labor Relations" Message-ID: <6b6ab8a70810021514i163a6862p76392e68488e2255@mail.gmail.com> "Labor Relations" President Leonid Nemerenko Russian Federation 5 September 2014 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- "Labor disruptions," said Nemerenko as he read the report. Not an unsurprising event. Before if workers didn't do what they were told then the MOOP would crack some skulls in the streets or the KGB would kick down the door of their house and drag them off to some basement somewhere.... to have their skulls cracked. Up until the point that the government stopped doing such things and then the Soviet Union ended and brought them to this point, where workers could refuse to do what they were told. "We don't need to panic," said Rascolo, the Minister of Industry and Labor. "There have been some incidents of violence but as of yet nothing major reported." "I am not one to panic Mikhail," replied Nemerenko with a shrug. "And its not as if the oil workers are striking over nothing. Russia is become richer and more economically developed, it should only be fair that those who toil in our most important industry share in that wealth. I want you to personally travel to Vladivostok and negotiate with the oil worker's union. We are willing to offer them better pay, full medical benefits for themselves and their immediate family members, standard work hours and vacation time, as well as enforcement of safety standards and regulations on par with the West. You know, standard union stuff." "You know that the opposition will latch onto this if it goes poorly," remarked Yevgeni. "Especially the Communists." Because the old CPSU was alive and well, albeit in a new incarnation known as the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, serving as one of the two major opponents to Nemerenko's Democratic Party in the Assembly. "Poor, toiling workers is what they live for." "The very reason we are moving onto this issue right away and why I am sending the Minister of Industry and Labor himself to present our very generous offer," noted the President. "As our economy grows our labor standards must be on par with the rest of the world. It's time to stop thinking of Russia as a lower-end Second World nation and start to act like a First World nation. And the fair treatment of, ah, what do the Americans say? Blue collar workers? Yes, the fair treatment of blue collar workers and better labor standards are a fundamental for a modern economic model." He regarded Rascolo. "Make sure the union workers understand that. But also make them understand that while we recognize their right to strike, as a modern free market democracy should, violence will not be looked upon kindly." --- Actions: 1) Mikhail Roscolo, MInister of Industry and Labor, will personally travel to Vladivostok to negotiate with the striking oil workers. 2) Offer the union pay competitive with Western oil workers, medical coverage for them and their immediate family, standard work hours, vacation time and better, more strictly enforced safety standards. 3) The government will begin a program to improve general labor standards throughout Russia 4) Inform union leaders that while Moscow recognizes their right to strike, violence will not be tolerated.