It is known that the UK must adopt a strong monetary policy in order to maintain the circulation of the pound, which will help imports but not export. However, strong monetary policy is still a stumbling block to the development of British industry.
Especially coal workers and steel workers, these two industries with low profits have already become a burden under the pound's strong monetary policy.
This is very difficult to deal with. The constant printing of money and the race against inflation will put pressure on the pound, but the unions don't care about this and still want to raise wages. Maybe in their view, the status of the pound can be overdrawn indefinitely.
It was really okay before World War II, but now the pound has lost its status as the first settlement currency for 20 years.
Although the Bretton Woods system had already established the status of the US dollar, due to its pre-war status, the pound was not officially separated from the US dollar until the late 1950s after World War II.
In the eyes of Alan Wilson, the unions demanding a salary increase at this time had become unruly people who did not understand the difficulties of the court. Sometimes I think about it, and Mrs. Thatcher's ideas cannot be said to be all wrong.
Before Alan Wilson returned to London, Prime Minister Callaghan had just met with union leaders. Frank, the permanent secretary of the Treasury, informed Alan Wilson of the matter, "Actually, Armstrong is more suitable to tell you about this, but?
, the relationship between your Cabinet Office is more complicated and not as clear as the Ministry of Finance.”
"You mean that Armstrong hopes to cooperate with the Prime Minister and take my place?" Alan Wilson asked with a smile, "No, our relationship is pretty good."
"Sir Edward and Sir Norman also had a very good relationship at the time." Frank smiled slightly, "I'm not saying he was ambitious, but he was too active in the union's request for a salary increase."
"Those lazy workers don't understand the country's difficulties at all. If they continue to make trouble like this, their good days will be over." Alan Wilson said with a cold face, lashing out at the workers' lazy and undisguised greed.
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Why are you not satisfied at all? You don’t even look at how much profit the industry you are engaged in can generate.
But here's the thing, Alan Wilson knew that the inflation rate of nearly 10% was nothing compared to the inflation rate of nearly 30% in the UK that he remembered, but he knew that the rest of the British people didn't know
, will only attribute the unprecedented inflation to the government, without even a little bit of gratitude.
"Citizens will not compare with European countries, but they will compare with American citizens. The inflation in the United States is less than 8%." Frank shrugged helplessly. He was not going against the supreme authority, that was the fact.
"Inflation in the United States is only one percent lower than that in the United Kingdom. How much better is this?" Alan Wilson was furious. "The United States still has more than nine million natives, so why not compare here? No matter what,
, Whitehall still needs to be clear about the problem in this matter. Wage increases are not solving the problem but creating it. The union's demands are too excessive, and they should not think that the government will make endless concessions."
The Labor Party's long-term power after the war was due to the personal abilities of Attlee and Harold Wilson. It did not mean that the Labor Party was really stronger than the Conservative Party. The resounding victories like Attlee's first two terms in recent elections have been
It's gone, and the Labor Party's ruling position is far from as stable as it was before.
"It depends on what the Prime Minister thinks about this matter." Frank said helplessly, "Why don't you talk to the Prime Minister? I hope the Prime Minister can understand."
"When it comes to support rates, even if you understand it in your heart, you may not dare to do anything about it." Alan Wilson said to himself that it can't be that simple. The trade union is the main supporter of the Labor Party.
As long as a country with an electoral system has nothing to do with votes, there is nothing to say. But can raising wages save the Labor Party's support and continue to be in power?
In fact, Callaghan always compromises with the unions. The fundamental reason is to win re-election, but the Labor Party cannot make money out of thin air. Keynesianism has been increasingly questioned in recent years. Inflation in European and American countries remains high, and the Labor Party's profit concessions
There is not much space anymore.
Once tolerance for inflation reaches a breaking point, union support cannot save Labor.
Out of Whitehall's responsibilities, Alan Wilson still came to have such a talk with the Prime Minister. After listening, Callaghan said, "Sir, this matter is not that simple. The problem is not just coal workers and steel workers. Workers are
A collective, the workers of Land Rover and the workers of Comet are also workers. Although Sir’s words are very reasonable, what if there is a strike in Ms. Pamela’s industry?”
"I won't give in, I mean Pamela won't give in." Alan Wilson looked ugly. This may be true, but he managed to leave part of the high-end industry in the UK. Is this really a problem?
Wrong?
Well, let’s put this issue aside for now. His trip to Washington this time showed that Britain, the United States and France should respond to the coup in Afghanistan and hold military exercises in the Arabian Sea as support for Pakistan. To show the unparalleled power of the free world,
Support Pakistan.
"I will push for this." Callahan nodded. The Prime Minister believed that he had won the battle over the salary increase this time.
Callahan immediately took action and began to lead the navies of the United Kingdom, the United States, and France to conduct exercises. Although the French navy was only of this size, it involved major issues of right and wrong. Even if the French navy was indeed useless, it would still step in this time. The United States
It's the same idea.
The two countries communicated with each other with reason and emotion, and explained to France the seriousness of the current situation. The Soviet puppet government in Afghanistan is likely to take risky actions, and the free world should unite closely.
Alan Wilson passed the time with a book and relaxed at Xia Meng's place. Xia Meng was about to go to Xiangjiang to be a judge. He came to accompany him to show his attention, but the Romance of the Three Kingdoms in his hand showed that the Secretary-General of the Cabinet had no regard for the current situation.
He was very dissatisfied with the situation and stared at the passage about Sima Zhao's regicide. He always felt that Callahan's mention of Land Rover workers was threatening him in a sense.
"Master Zhongtang, what's going on recently?" Xia Meng said the man's self-proclaimed name. He didn't know why Alan Wilson was in a bad mood, so he could only find something to say to make this man who was conceited about his talent as prime minister laugh.
"It's useless to tell you. When you get to Xiangjiang, expand your network and your good days will come." Alan Wilson put down the Romance of the Three Kingdoms and began to follow the instructions, "There are big problems in Europe and the United States now, but your motherland is still a mess.
Blue Ocean, take what you see and hear here and find experiences you can learn from. I believe you and your children will have a bright future."
"I know, I will be obedient." Xia Meng nodded hurriedly. Although this man did not belong to her completely, he still had nothing to say to her, "Don't look at it, what is there to see in people like Sima Zhao?"
"He and Cao Cao are the same kind of people. They are just more unlucky." Alan Wilson replied disapprovingly. Didn't Cao Cao dare to regicide? He dared to kill the queen and the prince, but he still cares about an emperor.
It's just that Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty did not make a direct showdown with the Sima family like Emperor Wei did. If Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty dared to make a showdown, there was nothing Cao Cao would not dare to do.
Alan Wilson feels that the day of showdown with Britain's powerful trade union forces is not far away. In fact, Callahan is right. The demand for wage increases cannot be regarded as the demand of steel workers or coal workers. This is actually the demand of all British industries.
Workers' demands will not stop them from demanding salary increases just because workers in the automobile or shipbuilding industries have high salaries.
"So, if the Land Rover car workers demand a salary increase, what are you going to do, dear?" Alan Wilson suddenly found himself in an embarrassing situation. If he firmly opposed it, Pamela Mountbatten's reputation might be damaged. If he didn't oppose the government
It is tantamount to taking another step back in front of the union.
"This is really a problem." Pamela Mountbatten thought for a long time and asked her husband who asked such a tricky question. When she heard that it was the Prime Minister, she replied, "It seems that the threat exists. If it exceeds 100%
Would it be very embarrassing for Whitehall to set a limit of five-fifths, especially since you are my husband, and would people think it was collusion between government and business?"
"Is there any need to say that?" Alan Wilson dragged his chin. The two were husband and wife. If Pamela Mountbatten firmly supported the government, she would not give more than the five percent limit.
British workers may not be smart, but thinking about collusion between government and businessmen still does not exceed the workers' ability.
"Even the automobile industry cannot accept endless greedy requests. The treatment I give is already among the best in the UK." Pamela Mountbatten answered from the perspective of interests, but when she thought about her husband being a cabinet secretary
"Maybe we should let others explore the way."
Alan Wilson had a question mark on his head, and Pamela Mountbatten said, "Just watch, if someone has a problem before us, doesn't that mean we have no problem?"
Pamela Mountbatten was so confident that she decided to find a scapegoat to test the waters and see if there was any room for relaxation in the current confrontation between unions and businesses in the UK.
"Then it's up to you." The current female CEO is no longer the little girl who was stunned by a handful of diamonds. Now that the female CEO has an idea, Ellen Wilson will be a bystander.
Immediately, he began to prepare for military exercises to cheer up Pakistan, leaving all the operations of fighting the union to his wife.
The conflict finally broke out in September. After Ford in the UK accepted the government's 5% salary increase limit due to good business conditions, 15,000 Ford employees responded with a strike. The vast majority of them were in the transportation and general industries.
Members of the workers' union, which decided to support the unofficial action a week later, turned it into an official strike and the number of strikers rose to 57,000.
Pamela Mountbatten's method was also very simple. Before Land Rover had an accident, she had Ford have an accident and break Ford's legs to see how the Labor government would respond to this strike.