Simple update on the follow-up:
Today (March 29), in the morning, I went to find Director Gou because he unreasonably reassigned my position and slandered my labor ability. Later, I thought I might encounter this person working in the workshop, but I was driven out by the line leader in the workshop on the grounds that I was not assigned to work here. After being driven out, I wandered around the workshop looking for this director. A packing auntie saw me and said, “Do you have so much engine oil on you? Did you wash it out? Are you still washing?” I replied that I was looking for Zhou XX (Director Gou) to get an explanation. The auntie then said, “Come down if you can, that director is also a xx (dialect, I didn’t understand, probably means ‘crazy’ or ‘mentally ill’).” She suggested I directly find this person on WeChat.
Later, unable to find him, I had no choice but to sit in the lounge reading a book. After finishing the book, I posted on WeChat that I had not received any dismissal notice, and my unreasonable reassignment could not prove that my labor ability was inadequate before. I asked the director what I should do. Suddenly, I looked up and saw this person dragging a forklift into the elevator. He saw me looking at him, and I quickly got up and entered the elevator with him.
In the elevator, he saw me and smiled (which made me a bit confused, losing all my arrogance), and he said cheerfully, “You are considered employed now, as long as you clock in and out normally, rest in the lounge, go for cleaning, or help me with cargo.” After the elevator reached the second floor, Director Gou started explaining to me, but his words were really long and stinky. He said it was not aimed at me, but because there were no positions available. Later, he took me to the second-floor workshop to look around. Two-thirds of the machines in the workshop were shut down, and only one production line was operating on the first floor. He said, “There are no orders, I really didn’t mean to target you.” I asked what he meant by saying my previous assembly labor ability was inadequate. He started saying it was not that my labor ability was insufficient, but that my efficiency was lagging (I was speechless, this person is really shameless). He admitted that he didn’t see the problem was mine before, but someone reported it to him, and he couldn’t watch me every day. He said, “Last time I saw your low efficiency, I thought this was the case.” Then he said he didn’t have the authority to dismiss others, only to reassign positions. Later, he said that he had already found someone to share my workload due to my back pain, and that person would start in the next few days (is he planning to fire me and replace me?), and that the experienced worker was doing it these days. He said I just needed to help, no matter how much, even one-third or one-fifth of the output was fine. Seeing I was unmoved, he started saying that laborers are always a two-way choice. After finishing these, he said he had some matters downstairs and told me to go to work myself (he really likes to smooth things over).
Later, I went back to work normally. After lunch break, while wearing gloves at my workstation, a worker stopped by and said to me: “I heard your speech in the cafeteria yesterday, I really agree with your views, you are completely right.” Then he asked when I started working, and knowing I had been here less than three weeks, he said, “This is so unreasonable, to let you do experienced worker’s work in just three weeks.” Then he left. In the afternoon, I mostly worked, and thanks to an experienced worker and some tricks I learned, I didn’t have to constantly use my waist muscles, so it was okay.
At the end of the shift, I heard a rumor from a colleague that I was dissatisfied with assembly work, transferred to grinding, and sparks almost ignited engine oil causing a fire (which is totally absurd, only non-laborers could come up with such nonsense), and I was dismissed. It’s incredible. Next Monday is the morning meeting, I will see if this group of bourgeoisie will mention my case. If they do, I feel I can directly seize the narrative and speak to all the workers in the factory.
, if I can finally fight to prevent the greedy capitalists from firing you, I can stay in this factory longer and further get to know more workers and promote Marxism.