I Became Park Jeong-ui’s Nephew - Chapter 299



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He became Park Jeong-ui’s nephew. – (299)

“Today marks the 17th anniversary of Jimmy Hoffa’s disappearance. What drove him to his death? Was it the Mafia? Or was it society?”

This is America, and the disappearance of a certain person has surfaced.

Jimmy Hoffa was once a labor leader who shook America.

He began his career by participating in his first strike in 1933, and was elected president of the United Truckers Union in 1957.

It was thanks to his skills that the number of union members increased from just 100,000 to 2.3 million.

But he was imprisoned on bribery charges – and because of his ties to the Mafia – and was paroled after promising never to engage in union activity again, before disappearing in 1975.

Then why did he die?

Is it because of collusion with the mafia? Or is there another reason?

To understand the cause, we need to look at American society at the time.

Union activities, which are naturally recognized in a democratic society, were maximized in the 1930s when the United States pursued the New Deal policy.

As World War II broke out, American corporate production expanded rapidly, and young people were drafted into the military and sent overseas, so it was natural that labor shortages would occur and wages would rise.

The problem is after the war is over,

With soldiers returning from overseas and businesses needing to increase production, there is less need for labor than before.

The United States judged that the capitalist market might collapse if things continued this way, so it enacted the National Labor Relations Act in 1947 and restricted workers’ rights.

This is why the union demanded a 5.5% wage increase, but only received a 3% increase.

Here, the U.S. government even put union representatives on ideological censorship watchdogs on the grounds that they were controlling the Communist Party.

In this situation, which union would dare to talk about workers’ rights?

But around 1950, an incident occurred that broke this trend.

Detroit Motors began to adjust workers’ wages under the pretext of ‘cost of living adjustments’. Similar cases were reported not only in Detroit but also in other cities, and it is estimated that around 3.5 million workers benefited.

As a result, the strike rate in the United States fell to 0.2%, a revolutionary reform considering that the previous strike rate was 0.4%.

Public opinion has evaluated this as an ‘era of grand compromise’, but there is darkness behind it.

Is Detroit Motors really doing this for the good of its workers, or is there another hidden agenda?

In any case, entrepreneurs during this period suppressed strikes as much as possible and moved capital elsewhere in the meantime.

Who would have thought that in the 1960s, when the strike rate was down to 0.2 percent and industrial production in the United States was at its peak, businessmen were plotting to stab workers in the back of the head?

In this way, entrepreneurs maximize their profits and, when the time comes, move their industrial facilities to places with lower labor costs.

As a result, the workers were hit in the back of the head.

“We moved our facilities south because labor costs in the north were too high.”

“You want us to go back? Then you guys give up your wages.”

Companies that have already transferred capital and have no regrets are making a fuss.

In 1977, the U.S. government attempted to mediate a compromise between companies and unions, but it ultimately failed.

Eventually, the union accepted a ‘concession bargaining’ that included a wage freeze, reduced bonuses, and longer working hours, and the number of union members, which once numbered 20 million, began to decline.

This is the social background at the time when Jimmy Hoffa, the American labor representative, disappeared.

Doesn’t something smell fishy?

Did the Mafia or American Society Kill Jimmy Hoffa?

Because Jimmy Hoffa was so active in labor activities, many people misunderstand that ‘the voice of labor unions was loud in America at that time,’ but the reality was just the opposite.

Isn’t it because reality is a cesspool that union activities were so intense?

In fact, Jimmy Hoffa was investigated by the FBI for trying to expand the union and spent much of the 1960s in prison.

In 1962, he was convicted of attempted bribery of a grand jury, in May 1963 of jury tampering, and in 1964 he was formally convicted and sentenced to eight years in prison and a $10,000 fine.

In 1967, he was sentenced to 13 years in prison on additional charges of fraud, and was released after four years in exchange for promising not to engage in union activities, but he resumed union activities and disappeared in 1975.

If you’ve read the above, you might think that it was the mafia that killed Jimmy Hoffa.

Although his connection to the mafia cannot be completely denied, it is also somewhat awkward to blame all of his death on the mafia.

Is the United States really a capitalist society that recognizes the right of unions to collective bargain?

If we ask history, we will find the answer. Who will continue the fight now?

But no one dared to step forward.

Leading a union is like putting a bell around the neck of a corporate tiger. Who would take such a risky gamble?

This is how a war of wits between companies and workers began.

***

“Your Majesty, here is a report from the AOPR Treasury.”

“You’ve worked hard.”

This is Geumneung, and I was looking through the reports that came up from AOPR.

How much do union and non-union workers earn in the US?

While union members earned $44,000, non-union members earned $32,000, a bigger difference than you might think.

But isn’t there something a bit strange? Whether union or non-union, they all work at the same company, so why is there such a difference?

It turns out that only about 12% of American workers are union members, a figure that’s down 4% from the previous year.

Just because the union branch in Canada broke away, does that mean the union members in that Canadian branch are stupid?

After looking into it, I found out that there were classes even among unions.

Why did Detroit Motors pursue the ‘Grand Compromise’ in the 1950s?

What is the secret to reducing the strike rate from 0.4% to 0.2%? Even though there are 20 million workers in the United States, the number of people actively striking is fixed.

Companies only minimize the strike rate by recruiting them, but isn’t it natural that they should pay a price for minimizing strikes for the company?

This is the real reason why the wage gap between union and non-union workers has widened.

“Joining a union increases the wealth of households of color by 168%!!”

“Even in the same white household, there is a wage gap between union members and non-union members!! Everyone, join the union!!”

In a word, this is bullshit.

If everyone lives well by joining a union, why is the union membership rate only 12%? Why did the Canadian branch break away from the American union?

The company is giving us a heads up? Then why did we separate instead of sticking together?

Are unions really on the side of workers?

Or are they opportunists who pretend to be on the side of workers, gather public opinion, and compromise with companies to further their own interests?

Just considering the disparity in earnings between union and non-union workers, unions are not on the side of workers.

[The union membership and wage increase effects were estimated using the Hausman-Taylor model. The analysis results show that the net effect of union membership is 3.7% to 5.5%, and the final model measured 4%. – (1986), Union Relative Wage Effects]

This is a fact acknowledged even in academic circles.

Do you think that those who hold collective bargaining rights will take my side if I join the union? Workers know that too, which is why the union membership rate continues to fall.

In the end, the aristocratic union and corporate leaders are all in cahoots.

Even if they pretend to fight, in the end they compromise and the workers who are fooled by both sides’ tricks only get a wage increase of about 2-3%.

“Hey, it was because of our fight that you got that much of a raise!!”

“If you don’t have the courage to fight the company, listen to us!! And join the union!! Don’t just sit back and enjoy the benefits!!”

Literally a cat thinking of a mouse,

Is this the kind of thing you do with the support of workers, establishing an aristocratic union and creating your own kingdom?

The United States is the country where this tyranny is at its peak, and recently they collect membership fees from union members and use the money to lobby politicians.

A government without money is in a position where it has to accept the money they offer, and the link of corruption is spread throughout the entire business-government-labor industry.

So what choice will AOPR make?

I pulled out the card that said 10% wage increase.

“Raise the wages of non-union workers under Daehan Transportation by 10%.”

“Your Majesty, is that okay?”

“Wouldn’t this make the union guys feel bad? I’m the kind of person who can’t stand seeing an aristocratic union being set up.”

Those union guys who pretend to be apostles of justice while only looking out for their own interests.

If you want to chop these guys’ heads off with an axe, you have to treat them like non-union workers.

The union itself is a product of the old days, made up of middle-aged people in their 40s to 60s. As unions become politicized, they are receiving a lot of criticism from the younger generation.

Currently, the union membership rate among workers in their 20s and 30s in Korea is only 2.8%. These young people are not thoughtless; they simply reject politicized unions.

In that case, companies shouldn’t negotiate with workers through unions, so I completely ignored the unions and made direct contact with workers.

This is why the younger generation supports me. It is true that I am a dictator, but I do not remember fooling public opinion by dividing it into factional fights.

When the time comes, I will raise workers’ wages and suppress politicized unions, so why should young people hate me?

The effects were immediate.

[Korean Warlords Raise Wages for Non-Union Korean Transport Workers in the U.S. by 10%]

[Union membership in the US has fallen to 9%.]

[American youth in their 20s and 30s expressed favorable feelings toward the Korean leader.]

The reaction in the United States was literally explosive,

It was refreshing to see that I chose to do the opposite while the company and the union were colluding.

As a result of this incident, the Democratic Party’s approval rating in the United States fell from 44% to 34%, and the Republican Party’s approval rating also fell from 48% to 42%.

The Republican Party only knows how to suppress workers, and the Democratic Party only knows how to manipulate public opinion by mobilizing unions. Isn’t it natural that the approval ratings of both parties are falling at the same time?

The defections from both the Democratic and Republican parties were concentrated in the emerging power of ‘moderate governance.’

These are moderates who are not bound by left or right ideology, and their supporters are young people in their 20s and 30s. I have started to support these young people in earnest, who will set the United States straight as it goes crazy.

Anyway, the old people have set ideas and can’t be persuaded, so if we want to create a new America, we need to create a new political party.

This work was also carried out simultaneously in Korea.

***

“We pledge not to be swayed by any faction and to do our best only for the development of the country and society. April 11, 1992, Park Myung-eui, the representative of the New Center Party.”

This is Gyeongseong,

Young people gathered in one place and declared the founding ceremony in front of the annex of Changgyeonggung Palace.

A political party centered around people in their 20s and 30s, surprisingly, the person at the center of it all was Park Myeong-ui, the son of former Prime Minister Park Jeong-ui.

Park Jeong-ui is a criminal who once planned a coup to overthrow the National Assembly. Is it okay for his son to declare the founding of a new party here?

Public opinion listened to the young man’s words.