Chapter 6 More attention should be paid to the problem

(May 1, 1922) In the autonomous province of Hunan, Hunan, which is called for by the politics of the whole people, is it not a joke to completely ignore labor? If labor should not be ignored, then the only "May 1st" anniversary of labor is at least worthy of everyone's attention! Attention everyone, please pay attention to three things about laborers: first, laborers' right to survival, second, laborers' right to work, and third, laborers' right to full labor income. Except for those who exploit usuriously, those who sit on inheritances and those who operate industries with capital, they are probably laborers who do things with their hands or their brains.The "labour" which these labourers derive from them, the only thing on which they feed themselves and on which the capitalists profit, must depend on one thing, namely, the "survival" of the workers themselves.Without "survival", naturally there cannot be "labour".As a result, workers naturally get the word "death", but how can capitalists get the word "birth" alone? According to this reason, those small laborers under the age of 18 who are going to be big laborers over the age of 18 Therefore, it is necessary to provide a considerable amount of food to preserve life and gradually become stronger and sellable. This is really what smart capitalists should pay attention to.Workers who have worked hard in the world, when they are over sixty years old and can no longer work hard, according to the example that the autumn vegetation can also receive some rain and dew to use up their days, these laborers should also be allowed to use up their lives.For this reason, those over sixty who cannot work hard should be given some life-saving food.When a person is "old" and "young" and unable to work, he should have the right to obtain the food that preserves his life, which is the right to life.

When a person is between 18 and 60 years old and has strength, he should give them work, except that he is lazy and refuses to work and starves to death. Workers have the right to demand work.If the worker is powerful but the society has nothing to do to buy his strength, and in fact the worker has to be "leisure", the society should give them a normal wage for the reason that the worker is not at fault. This is the labor right. What the workers do should be completely owned by the workers themselves. This is the right to full collection of labor. The right to full labor income is naturally a matter after the implementation of communism, and no matter how smart capitalists are, they will not pay attention to it.But don't ignore it too much, because this is really a big trend that has already existed in the world.If the right to subsistence and the right to work do not violate the interests of capitalists, it deserves everyone's attention.

Everyone pays attention to the right to subsistence, please pay attention to how many people in Hunan are starving to death now? Everyone pays attention to the right to labor, please pay attention to how many people in Hunan are unemployed now? The commemoration of "May 1st" is the commemoration of the eight-hour labor system movement.The purpose of this movement is to shorten working hours for entertainment and education. This is the requirement of those who "can survive" and "get a job." Those who can survive and get a job should naturally demand the eight-hour system.As for those who cannot survive and who are unemployed, the problem is how to make them survive and gain employment. I hope everyone pays special attention to this in Hunan today.Although the provincial constitution is high-sounding, it is a pity that these points are not covered at all! It is called the politics of the whole people, but in fact at least 99% of the labor force has been abandoned! But these problems have already existed, and they must be solved. If you don’t pay attention, these problems will naturally attract everyone’s attention one day! “The lesson is not far away.” Russia’s capitalist class and aristocratic class are an example, and they are too late to regret it now!

According to Hunan "Ta Kung Pao" published on May 1, 1922.