musicians of old

Chapter 144 Fatalities (4K [-]-in-[-])

Sunday, July 7, the day before Fanning will become permanent conductor of the Saint Lania Symphony Orchestra.

Woodpecker Consulting Firm.

"Miss Hiran, this week's report on the health status of workers at the Jinlangia Watch Factory." A male clerk knocked on the door of Office 226, looked at the desk with respect and admiration, A little girl in a light gauze white dress.

"Thank you." Sheeran reached out to take it, "How long has Mr. Monroe been on vacation this time?"

"It should be off until August 8, Miss Sheeran." After the clerk finished answering, he said, "Fort Santaram has made new investigations into the raw material suppliers of the watch factory. The trading company has a close relationship with a person named Graham."

"...I see, thank you." Sheeran glanced at the report data, eyelashes drooping for a moment, and then said.

After the civil servants brought the door to the room, she inserted the latest report into the binder, and flipped through the entire book.

「5月5日-11日：重症劳工存量5人，新增死亡3人，累计死亡102人。」

「5月12日-18日：重症劳工存量6人，新增死亡3人，累计死亡105人。」

「5月19日-25日：重症劳工存量10人，新增死亡1人，累计死亡106人。」

「6月9日-15日：重症劳工存量23人，新增死亡8人，累计死亡119人。」

「6月16日-22日：重症劳工存量43人，新增死亡12人，累计死亡131人。」

「6月30日-7月6日：重症劳工存量160人，新增死亡95人，累计死亡244人。」

「7月7日-7月13日：重症劳工存量115人，新增死亡102人，累计死亡346人。」

"...I didn't expect that Carlon's estimation was so accurate, and the death toll really ushered in a period of explosion in the middle of the year."

Seeing the changing trend of this data, Sheeran was deeply shocked.

Her entrance exam ended yesterday. In addition to preparing for the exam more safely, she was also coordinating and tracking the labor case. …The instigator—the "experience officer" Erof of the Transcendence Club is still unknown.

Lawyer Monroe had almost no rest for more than 8 months. All his energy was spent on trivial matters such as collecting and sorting out evidence, studying government policies, and providing legal advice. Under the circumstances of the push, he chose to go to Piodo, a small seaside town in the south, to rest for a month.

The results of his previous work have made the factory's plan change from "compensation of 4 pounds 38 shillings and 5 pence for each family of a dead laborer" in April to the current "9 pounds 62 shillings". After receiving this compensation, those who have been paid in the previous period also made up the difference.

——There is also a very subtle wording here. When the factory and this side were discussing the implementation plan, they insisted on refusing to use the word "compensation" in the statement, and only accepted "compensation".

However, for laboring families, the amount they get is the most realistic. The Guidance School has not insisted on this issue. The current amount has exceeded the upper limit of Monroe's previous estimate of the imperial policy.

The reason for this is naturally the Guiding School's continuous pressure on the factory, but the more direct and realistic factor is that the death toll has increased too much in the past month.

After the subsequent severity of this incident has increased by several levels, the authorities also need to consider the pressure of public opinion from society, the public, the media and other aspects.

There were two knocks on the door.

"Hiran, good morning." Fanning pushed the door lightly and entered.

"Professor Fanning, good morning." The little girl sat at the desk, supported her cheeks with her hands, and responded to his greeting.

...Who did Sheeran learn this name from?Fanning always felt that something was wrong.

He coughed lightly, and thought of a suitable topic for chatting: "How is your preparation for the entrance exam? There shouldn't be any problems, right?"

"...I finished my exams yesterday. Professor Fanning."

Fan Ning was stunned on the spot, especially when he heard such a hint of gnashing of teeth in the last address he called himself.

For the past [-] days, I have been completely immersed in the investigation work and past events. Most of the time I spent in the archives of various churches or in various incident-related places. The time is rather strange, and it seems that I have never taken the initiative to visit this side of the corridor.

"Sorry, Sheeran."

He apologized sheepishly.

With Xilan's excellent character and learning, the significance of the entrance examination is naturally not about passing, but more importantly, it is related to the significance of graduating from the junior grammar school. Although she knows the motive of her investigation during this period, it is indeed very cumbersome and very complicated. It was exhausting, but looking back...it wouldn't be to the point of "losing contact".

As a co-worker on the same front, it is appropriate to share the progress in due course, and Sheeran is more concerned about several important nodes of her previous graduation.

Then he started to talk about the business. First, he outlined what he learned in the tracing work of the Turner Art Museum, from Viern organist to Master Tarakani in the last century, and then to the past of Professor Anton and Ms. Hamilton, and then shared It made me think about some strange details in these things.

When Sheeran heard the story of her father's teacher in his youth, she looked a little surprised and a little melancholy. Obviously, she didn't know much about it before, and the music experience of Viern organist's life is indeed easy to make people feel sad.

Finally, Fanning stated the next plan of action: "We need to find an elderly lady named Adeline Hamilton. Home... well, it shouldn't be difficult to get in touch with such a public identity, it is best to meet and talk with her in the near future, but to ensure the effect, it is necessary to know her recent situation, availability and personality in advance..."

"Attorney Monroe has dealt with this lady before." Sheeran said after listening.

"Huh?" Fanning was astonished.

"It's because of the labor case... I was just trying to find you and tell you the current situation." Sheeran said, and handed over the weekly report on the number of severe illnesses and deaths.

Fan Ning had a premonition of something. After he took it, he began to read the data in January of 913 in the new calendar. Slowly, his expression became serious.

Taking advantage of Fanning's browsing, Sheeran summarized to him the progress of Monroe's lawyer during this period.

"...The current latest compensation plan and the attitudes of all parties are like this. The legal basis for Mr. Monroe's negotiations with the factory and the authorities is mainly based on the Empire's "Labor Rights and Interests Protection Law". Although efforts have been made, the compensation standard has also been improved. , but its ceiling limits the play, he said that the amount of judgment that takes effect under this law is usually in the range of 30-60 pounds per person..."

Fanning raised his forehead: "I remembered when I was composing the "First Symphony" on the shore of Lake Murtraun."

"why?"

"There is a golden retriever from a girl from a squire's family in a small town, and the price seems to be in this range."

"The little girl's golden retriever?" Xi Lan was taken aback, "Oh, you're talking about a puppy."

She sighed: "Mr. Monroe sorted out and archived the materials before going on vacation, and at the same time provided members with two directional ideas on how to further fight for labor rights—"

"The first way of thinking is: to guide the characterization of the incident to 'safety production accidents'. After so many years of industrialization in the empire, the authorities have never paid more attention to this field. According to the relevant situation in the Compliance Regulations, the factory brought such security incidents and environmental hazards, and caused fatal injuries to the workers, which is a serious violation of the obligation of the empire. In addition to paying huge fines, the compensation standard for workers is also Up to 100-300 lbs per person…”

"The difficulty with this approach is that it seems difficult to identify it as a 'safety production accident'. It has no explosion, no landslide, no mechanical failure, no poisonous gas leakage, no water pollution. A production accident needs a clear start and end time. How to define the "event report"? If it was the incident of you fighting with the "experience officer" Erov, there would be no labor casualties at all. If it was defined from the production line last year to the present, it would not be convincing. How could there be a 'safety production accident' that lasted nearly a year?..."

"The second way of thinking is to claim that the injuries suffered by the workers are an occupational disease. If it can be proved that these terrible physical changes of the workers are directly related to the content of their work, and the factory has not provided any protective measures to isolate them Injury, the standard of compensation for death in the "Tioleen Occupational Disease Prevention and Control Act" ranges from 100 to 1000 pounds..."

"The difficulty with this approach is that the "Tiolein Occupational Disease Prevention Law" is a new law introduced in recent years, and the list of occupational diseases included in it is limited, mainly in mines, dust, dyes, lead, cadmium, mercury and heavy metals and some chemical industries. etc. You said before that their mutation came from that luminous pigment, which seems incomprehensible, and we also don't think it's like a Extraordinary item..."

Sheeran accurately summarized the progress of lawyer Monroe's previous work, and clearly explained the dilemma of the next step. Fan Ning bowed his head and thought deeply while listening.

People in this world can't understand radioactive substances, and he himself is not a human-shaped radiometer, so he is not sure whether there are real rays. At that time, the pigments seen by spiritual perception were only heterogeneous light and shadow with "diffraction" phase-in this mysticism popular In the old industrial world, many details are different from the previous life of Blue Star.

After a long time he asked: "...so why did Lawyer Monroe deal with her?"

Sheeran said: "When he was researching these legal provisions, he noticed that there are several occupational disease lists in the "Tioleen Occupational Disease Prevention and Control Act", and several of them were included by girls from Hamilton..."

So Fan Ning accidentally learned that the psychologist who used to be an old pipe organist has been engaged in the investigation of the occupational health status of industrial workers for this century.

She has investigated lead poisoning cases of industrial workers in pottery, ceramic tiles, and paints, as well as organic poisoning cases of industrial workers in basic chemical industries such as explosives and fertilizers...

Whether it is for the purpose of exploring the past and the past and present of the Turner Museum, or for the motivation to solve a series of serious secondary consequences of the labor case, it is necessary to make an appointment with this lady as soon as possible.

Monroe made initial contact with her as a public interest lawyer half a month ago. Although there was no substantive cooperation, only some consultation and communication were made, but at least it made the next appointment easier.

The two met this Ms. Hamilton at dinner time that day. She was wearing a black and white old-fashioned plain dress, her eyes were narrow, her face was wrinkled, her ears were a little behind her ears, and she seemed unsmiling and concise when talking. But the voice is softer.

"You people in big law firms are not supposed to be brokers, are you?" the woman asked as the appetizers were served.

…What's the meaning?Fanning and Sheeran looked at each other.

Hamilton said: "Three years ago, the Imano Brothers Hospital successively received a group of patients with severe abdominal cramps and stiff and drooping wrists. They were all laborers in several sanitary ware factories in the northwest. Their job was to glaze the bathtubs. The factory promises to the workers that porcelain sanitary ware does not contain harmful substances...I cooperated with several public interest lawyers and the media. After investigating and collecting evidence, I found that enamel dust contained 20% soluble lead. The "Occupational Disease Prevention Law" and "Labor Rights Protection Law "After the application of the common reference, the average amount of compensation for the factory increased from 12 pounds to 30 pounds..."

"However, I learned afterwards that these partners used the name of collecting evidence to get closer to the workers, and colluded with the staff of the relevant departments of the authorities. They promised each worker 20 pounds, but in fact they were finally sent to the workers. Victims of affliction had an average of 17.5 pounds on their hands, and in exchange for their gratitude…”

Fanning's brows were gradually knit together, and the movement of eating slowed down.

Sheeran opened her work ID and showed her the original page with the stamp of the Special Inspection Office: "Dear Ms. Hamilton, Mr. Monroe who contacted you last time only used his personal public identity..."

"An official knowledgeable person in the empire?" Hamilton stared in surprise, but then his tone became suspicious, "Why does the Extraordinary organization pay attention to labor incidents? Is there any mysterious and supernatural factor in it? I'm not good at assisting you in this kind of law and order thing , Moreover, according to the principle of "beneficial to industrialization" formulated by the authorities, ordinary investors are not obliged to guard against mysteries before they happen. We have no right to ask them to pay more compensation, we can only go after the culprit”

She is very familiar with the relevant management regulations, and also knows the meaning of the steel seal of the Special Inspection Office, but obviously, like most ordinary people, she is not clear about the positions and relationships of various organizations with knowledge, and only thinks that Fan Ning and the others are from the authorities Extraordinary group.

Fanning asked, "Ms. Hamilton, you were the psychiatrist of the Viern organist in the last century, right?"

"You know Viern? You are the clergy of the church?"

"Professor Anton Conor is my teacher and Sheeran's father."

"." The other party was silent for a long time.

The two first revealed their identities, and Fan Ning seized the opportunity to explain his and Sheeran's identities. The suspicion and guard in the elderly lady's eyes finally disappeared bit by bit, replaced by A look of memory and thought.

".I was very surprised to meet you to be honest. He was indeed the one who impressed me the most among my patients. I was also present at the last concert. I suddenly found that it has been too long. Even the old organist Anton, one of my students, passed away, and he was not yet 20 years old at that time.”

　Thanks to adcbad, Shi Kuo, and Frank for the monthly pass~Thanks to Chen Zhang for the reward~
　　
　
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