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塞缪尔·斯迈尔斯:节俭·摘录 463

塞缪尔·斯迈尔斯《节俭》· Thrift · 投资

The firm of Fox, Head, and Co. also admitted their workmen to a partnership of profits. They had for some time been much annoyed by strikes. Their works had stood idle for about a fourth of the whole time that had elapsed since their commencement. The system of co-operation was adopted in 1866, at the close of a long strike. One of the conditions of the scheme was that Fox, Head, and Co. should not be members of any association of employers, and that the workmen should not be members of any trades union. The original intention was to pay the workmen a bonus according to profits. They eventually adopted the practice of the Messrs. Briggs and Co., which was, to divide the profits over ten per cent. into two parts: the one to belong to the capitalists as their profit, and the other to be divided amongst all those who had received wages or salaries during the year, in proportion to the amount received by them. An opportunity was also afforded to the workmen of depositing their savings with the firm; but as there was only one instance, during three years, of a workman applying to invest his savings, this clause was withdrawn.

出处: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/14418
定位:Excerpt 463 · 核对日期:2026-10-19 · 核验:短摘录

白话

福克斯-黑德公司让工人参与利润分成,是因为罢工闹得太凶,开工以来约四分之一时间机器都停着。1866年一场大罢工结束后,他们开始搞合作制,条件之一是老板不加入雇主协会、工人不加入工会。最初想按利润发奖金,后来学了布里格斯公司的办法:利润超过一成,一半归资本家,一半按当年工资比例分给所有领薪的人。公司还允许工人把积蓄存进来,但三年里只有一个工人这么做,这条就取消了。

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塞缪尔·斯迈尔斯《节俭》一书中的案例,19世纪英国工业界尝试劳资合作、利润分享的时代背景。

今日一问

如果公司让员工分享利润,但要求双方都不加入各自的协会,你觉得这公平吗?

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