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Xue Yingwu's sudden outburst scared all the leaders present. No one expected that the union chairman would actually slam the table. However, everyone reacted in a moment. You, Chang Changzheng, actually openly proposed to the workers to work overtime in front of the union chairman, regardless of the current actual situation of the steel rolling mill. Nowadays, many ordinary workers have food shortages in their families, especially those workers whose wives and children are registered in rural areas. The price of corn noodles in the pigeon market has reached 30 cents per catty. You should know that the corn noodles supplied by the grain station are only 9 cents per catty. For workers with large families, a considerable part of their monthly salary is spent on buying corn noodles at a high price, and even so, they can only barely maintain half-fullness.

Most of the workers in the steel mill are engaged in heavy physical labor, but now the steel mill has nearly 10,000 cadres and employees, and the meat processing plant only supplies 2,000 kilograms of pork every month. How can such a small amount of meat be enough to replenish the physical strength of the workers? Moreover, many workers buy a few more steamed buns in the factory cafeteria at noon, and they just eat a little to fill their stomachs, and save the rest to take home for the elderly and children at night.

Given the current physical condition of these workers, if they are required to work overtime for a long time, there will definitely be quite a number of them who cannot hold on. In the steel rolling mill workshop, there are only machines and various steel materials. If any workers are injured or killed, who will bear the responsibility?

At that time, the trade unions truly represented the interests of the broad working class, and many tasks such as workers' welfare benefits, weddings and funerals, and work injury recognition were participated in and handled by the trade unions. Today, Xue Yingwu, chairman of the trade union of the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill, has exactly the same administrative level as the secretary and director Chang Changzheng, and his qualifications even far exceed those of the other. It's just that as he is approaching retirement age, he continues to work hard in the trade union.

Normally, Mr. Xue Yingwu seldom participated in the affairs of the steel rolling mill. Although according to the convention, he would notify the other party to attend every time the factory leadership meeting was held, he usually just listened quietly and rarely expressed his opinions. But today, Chang Changzheng, the secretary and director of the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill, actually asked for overtime work in front of Mr. Xue Yingwu, regardless of the safety of the workers. No wonder the old man slammed the table.

Chang Changzheng also realized that since Xue Yingwu rarely expressed his opinions in every meeting of the steel mill leadership, he had completely ignored the existence of the union chairman over time. He quickly forced a smile and explained, "Comrade Xue, don't get excited. What I mean is that our steel mill certainly can't let the workers work overtime for nothing. The factory will pay overtime according to regulations."

Xue Yingwu snorted, "According to the rules of the steel mill, the minimum overtime pay for workers is only 30 or 40 cents. Now this little money can't even buy a pound of corn flour. Unless the factory provides dinner and overtime meals, our union will never ignore the safety of the majority of workers and agree to overtime work."

Chang Changzheng quickly said with a smile: "We at Red Star Steel Rolling Mill will certainly not let the workers work overtime on an empty stomach. In addition to paying overtime pay, we will also provide free dinner and overtime meals."

Before Xue Yingwu could express his opinion, Li Huaide, the deputy director in charge of logistics, spoke directly: "Secretary Chang, how much additional food and meat supply has the higher authorities given to our Red Star Steel Rolling Mill? The current food and meat quota is already stretched to the limit just to supply lunch for tens of thousands of people. Now that dinner and overtime meals have been added, the amount of food and meat cannot be reduced, otherwise it will really be like wanting the horse to run without giving it grass to eat."

Several leaders nearby nodded after hearing this. What Li Huaide said was absolutely right. The grain and meat quotas given by the superiors were only enough to maintain the steel rolling mill's lunch. Since Secretary Chang proposed that the workers work overtime, he must have applied for additional supplies from the superiors.

Chang Changzheng's face darkened, and he was not so polite to Li Huaide, so he said in a deep voice: "We should be proactive in our work and not ask our superiors for help in everything. As the deputy director in charge of logistics, it is your responsibility to provide food and meat for the workers. Now is the time for the organization to test you. I believe that Deputy Director Li will be able to meet the logistics supply of the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill."

Li Huaide looked at the other party in disbelief, and couldn't help but asked in surprise: "Why, from what you said, Secretary Chang, the superiors didn't increase the food and meat quotas at all, but asked our logistics department to increase the supply by two times? You are not kidding, right? The food and meat supply is tight now, where can you ask our logistics department to get so many things? Unless you, Secretary Chang, can get these supplies, our logistics department can only guarantee the current supply anyway."

The other leaders all looked at Chang Changzheng in surprise. They had thought that the other party had said it so easily just now, and that he must have applied for enough food and meat quotas from the higher authorities. They did not expect that the logistics department of the steel rolling mill would have to solve it themselves. No wonder Li Huaide directly said that the other party was joking. Increasing the supply quantity by nearly 20,000 people out of thin air made everyone feel numb just thinking about it.

Chang Changzheng said with a gloomy face: "Deputy Director Li, you should do your job and fulfill your responsibilities. Since you are the deputy director of the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill in charge of logistics and supply, this is your job. Don't always try to shirk responsibility when you encounter difficulties. Otherwise, what's the point of having you as the deputy director?"

Li Huaide sneered disdainfully: "If Secretary Chang thinks that I, Li Huaide, am not qualified to be the deputy director of the logistics department of the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill, then please ask the higher authorities to relieve me of my position. You have the ability to get the food and meat quota for 20,000 people yourself."

When Chang Changzheng heard that Li Huaide had quit, he slammed his desk and said, "Comrade Li Huaide, we can't just rely on the allocation from the higher authorities. We should take the initiative to find a way to solve the problem. Since the Security Department of the Steel Mill can provide a large amount of food supply to the city, why can't you take the initiative to buy food and meat from the Security Department?"

Li Huaide couldn't help but sneered and said, "Secretary Chang, no wonder Consultant Lin said you were biased. What life story did this happen? The Security Department stopped providing food to the city two months ago. The remaining food is only enough to maintain the Security Department's own supply. Secretary Chang dared to say that dinner and overtime meals were provided to overtime workers in the steel mill. It turns out that he was targeting the Security Department. The chief said that without investigation, there is no right to speak. It's really funny."