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From Administration: Chapel (Evening Service), On-Site Burials (Ceremonial Funerals)/Repatriation of Bodies (Company Funerals), Overcrowding/Extra Rations for the Ill, Care House (Prostheses Shipments/Medical Repatriation), Bare-Knuckle Bouts. From Labour:  Shift Work Coordination, Dispensary.
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Nov 6, 2023 20:45
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On site burials, Care House, Prosthesis Shipments
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Nov 6, 2023 21:41
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What's the mechanical difference of on site burials vs repatriation?
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Nov 7, 2023 02:03
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OSB works pretty much exactly the same way as the usual Cemetery law, and drops motivation a little when you sign it. Repatriation, on the other hand, gets you to build a Morgue, through which you can build coffins for dead bodies and send them back on the same transport ships which bring in new workers.
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Nov 7, 2023 02:35
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IEC Site 113 Progress Report #008 0330. In situations where double shifts are required, stronger coordination between both shifts will decrease manpower requirements.   The construction site will be kept on single short shift for the time being.    Here, close to the source, the stream is narrow and wild. We follow it, walking along the edge of the gorge. The stream flows rapidly at the bottom of the gorge. The stream has its source in the mountains rising on the horizon. 0414. Foraging team continues upstream and reports source of the flow is in sight.   1018. New workers on site. To facilitate construction of facilities which will be necessary in the future, a steam core is requisitioned for next shipment.  1056. Research begins on aforementioned critical facility. Ventilation plant will mitigate some risk from toxic gas buildup, improving health and safety conditions. This morning the camp is strangely quiet. People pass the bad news in hushed voices - an owl is perched atop the scaffolding, despite it being broad daylight. They were superstitious even in the best of times, but here, in this remote, harsh place they see it as a worst omen, worse than a herd of black cats. The construction site workers refuse to return to work while the bloody bird sits there. They also say that to shoo it away would bring even worse luck. What shall we do? 1201. Work halted while nocturnal avian occupies construction site. A class 1 employee was sent to remove the obstruction with application of lithic projectiles.   Even so, work safety level is assessed as "Dangerous" with current toxicity level.   The stream starts here - from a crystal clear mountain lake. Even from the shore we can see shoals of fish roaming the lake. We could stay here for a few days and catch them. 1336. Foragers have reached source of the stream, and report abundance of fish.   There's plenty of fish in the lake. We could stay here longer and catch them. The camp will deliver 80 Raw Food every 1d 0h - in total: 720 Raw Food, over the next 9d 0h. We catch fish in the lake and send them to the construction site. They set up camp. Current projections show food supply will last for nine days.     What the devil was- no, don't write that down on the bloody report, we need to g  Sir, an explosion in the generator's foundations caused a tunnel collapse, trapping several workers. Unfortunately, we can't send a rescue team, since we don't have one. Due to low priority given to workplace safety in the shaft, the crews working there lack adequate training. 1402. Something went catastrophically wrong underground. Five workers were trapped by a tunnel collapse. Fortunately, none of them were harmed, and we were able to safely rescue them, at the expense of some progress on the shaft assembly.  This disaster seems to have fortified the resolve of the rescued workers, who are determined to get back to where we were before, but others are quite shaken by the incident.    1536. The ventilation plant should help prevent the buildup of volatile gases which could cause another such explosion. This will make the site safer for all workers too.  Next, we will need to start preparing for the next phase of the generator's construction.    Sir, people at the construction site stopped work! A worker climbs an overturned wheelbarrow and shouts to his fellows: "We saved our friends, sure... This time! But as long as the deadline is more important than us, such catastrophes will keep happening. Who's going to slave now to repair the damage? And how many of us won't make it home in one piece?" 1540. Ignorant to my efforts to improve their conditions, the builders have collectively stopped working. I will be headed out in a moment to talk to the strike leader.   Workers are angry and refuse to work. They shout about exploitation, terrible working conditions and deadly dangers they face daily. What will you promise them? Strike is resolved. People resume work. After explaining my five-step plan to improve safety conditions for all IEC employees, the strike leader was mollified enough that work could resume. This brings up a troubling concern, however - if the workers got it into their heads to strike once, they could do it again.   The first strike is over, but it won't be the last. We need to address the labour issues if we are to finish the generator on schedule. Workers would like to be given a voice and be involved in decisions, while engineers promise you results if you rely on their proven expertise. Will you empower the workers and establish the Labour Union or strengthen the engineers' role and build the Factory Inspectorate? You will have to build the Labour Union New Labour laws will favour Workers You will have to build the Factory Inspectorate New Labour laws will favour Engineers The best way to maintain control over the work crew and keep construction moving uninterrupted will be to guarantee the support of one of the employee grades: the class 1 unskilled Workers, or the class 2 educated Engineers. Which employee grade will the Supervisor support, and be supported by in turn?
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Nov 7, 2023 21:37
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Worker i guess?
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Nov 7, 2023 22:23
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Viva la revolution! Workers of the world Untie!
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Nov 7, 2023 22:29
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Engineers! Without them, we will indubitably fail!
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Nov 7, 2023 23:37
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Who cares? They're all going to die anyway when they're sent back to London to freeze while we bring in rich people to live here.
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Nov 8, 2023 00:25
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 Nobody's supposed to know that yet
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Nov 8, 2023 00:27
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Let's work smarter and harder! The enginerds will have their day!
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Nov 8, 2023 00:35
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Engineers Engineers can be made to do a worker's job. But not vice versa.
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Nov 8, 2023 02:11
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Workers! Sod the nerds.
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Nov 8, 2023 05:00
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Workers, they’re the ones breathing bad gasses and getting trapped in accidents. Might as well let them feel vaguely empowered.
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Nov 8, 2023 05:37
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habituallyred posted:Engineers Engineers can be made to do a worker's job. But not vice versa. IIRC In this scenario engineers can only be assigned to engineer jobs, more's the pity.
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Nov 8, 2023 16:46
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Yeah the cookhouse is the only building that can be staffed by either, every other building in this scenario has to have the right kind of worker assigned. Current count is at Workers 4, Engineers 3.
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Nov 8, 2023 17:21
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Engineers.
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Remalle posted:Yeah the cookhouse is the only building that can be staffed by either, every other building in this scenario has to have the right kind of worker assigned. Workers
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Nov 8, 2023 18:37
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habituallyred posted:Engineers Engineers can be made to do a worker's job. But not vice versa. Good point
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Nov 8, 2023 21:30
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Nov 8, 2023 23:31
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Workers. Can we go full communist? I want to go full communist.
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Nov 9, 2023 00:53
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I'm voting for Engineers, because it seems like they're more useful.
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Nov 9, 2023 01:14
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bWorkers Regardless of how useful engineers might be, workers will always make up the bulk of our workforce. Tend to the masses!
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Nov 9, 2023 01:33
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Engineers. We have the answers, we just need a bit of trust!
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Nov 9, 2023 04:37
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Moon Slayer posted:Workers. Can we go full communist? I want to go full communist.  Workers of the world, unite. You have nothing to lose but your chains!
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Nov 9, 2023 05:19
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Nov 9, 2023 10:46
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Minutes of the First Meeting of the ILGWU Representative Howard: My friends! Thank you for the confidence you've placed in me by electing me spokesman for our new organization. I promise I will do my best to represent the will of us, the labour majority, to our IEC employers and ensure fair and safe dealing for the union! Through your votes we have also determined that going forward we will hereby be known as the Integrated Liverpool Generator Workers Union! My condolences to those of you who preferred United Worker's Union or First Union of Construction Contractors. Through the power of our collective action, our employers have agreed to listen to our concerns. I have spoken with the Supervisor, and we worked out a five-step plan to improve all of our safety. My friends, we can return to the work site confidently knowing that our health and safety will no longer be jeopardized! Do not be fooled, though - this is a victory for us, but only of our first battle. We now know that our greatest weapons, our numbers and our voices, will win us every battle that is to come! I now wish to take a moment to acknowledge some of our comrades who have gone above and beyond in the past few days. Molly Stokey, who has been deftly handling the fishing nets single-handedly; Amelia Wilmer and Bert Langstrom, who have been at the forefront of ... IEC Site 113 Progress Report #009 1547. By allowing concessions to the working class, the odds of them deciding to act directly against the IEC's interests have decreased.   The interests of the working people will be represented by the Labour Union. The majority of the construction crew have now seen that the IEC - and myself, as its primary representative here - have their best interests at heart.   As a symbol of this cooperation, a building will be constructed to house their newly established union.  Sir, you promised not to employ people at this workplace unless it is no longer dangerous. If you break this promise, people forced to work here will immediately go on strike. An initial attempt at putting the construction crew back to work was rebuffed when it was pointed out that safety levels have not yet improved. The union workers threatened to strike again unless I wait until after the ventilation plant is finished.  1902. Ventilation plant is complete, and air quality is projected to fall tomorrow. Work on the shaft structure will resume at 0800.   Labour Union has been established. 1945. The union building is finished. The new organization was able to elect its leadership and decide on its new name with impressive efficiency. Should the unionized workers seem likely to strike again, extra food rations may temporarily placate them.  0801. Job site safety level assessed as "Harmful." Union representatives are satisfied with safety improvements and agree to resume construction.  1032. Class 2 employees have shown no indication that emphasized relations with class 1 employees will be of detriment to engineer relations. Research and development efforts continue.  1118. Steam core and additional worker have arrived on site. Steam core is allocated for construction of machine shop; new employee is assigned to fishing docks for time being.  Sir, two of our people got into a fistfight, apparently over the lewd picture that came by mail earlier. Nothing too serious, although one of them got a sprained wrist. The original recipient of the picture is clamouring to get it back, while the other man insists that he won it fair and square in a game of whist. As it is difficult to tell where the truth lies, people seem to expect you to settle it. 1402. Breakdowns in discipline lead to injuries lead to loss of productivity. Both parties involved in fistfight were subjected to chastisement and fine according to standard contract.   1540. Structural profiles may double as protective structures should need arise for emergency hazard mitigation.   1715. Construction workers availed of early free time by short shift have been requested to initiate construction of machine shop in preparation for next phase of generator assembly.  1851. Machine shop is completed, though not yet active.    Sir, we found a dead body. Co-workers of the deceased say that they often shared their cocaine pills with him, and he always craved for more. We presume that he died from overdose. Unfortunately, such reaction to cocaine isn't exactly uncommon. 2239. Grade 1 employee Frank Baynton was discovered deceased, apparently of cocaine overdose. Body has been temporarily stored in stockpile building and pill distribution halted.  One of our people has just died. Sickness, accidents and deadly cold will keep claiming lives in this harsh world. We need a way to dispose of the body. Proper disposal of body will be discussed at next meeting with union representatives.   1106. To better make use of structural profiles for safety purposes they have been redesigned to require less material and labour hours.  1131. More workers have arrived. Engineers are temporarily assigned to cookhouse duty as all available class 1 employees are currently assigned to generator construction.   Before laying the foundations which will support the massive bulk of the Generator, you have to send your workers deep below the ground level and install the powerful Tower Pumps there. 1348. Construction of shaft structure is complete, five days ahead of schedule. Workers are reassigned to profiles manufacture and machine shop immediately.    New primary objectives require structural profiles and machine shop-assembled steam exchangers.   Adequate steel is currently available for pre-allocation to latter objective. More timber is required for former.   Sir, the labour union you agreed to needs representatives. But workers, if left to their own devices, will probably choose subversive activists to represent them. How shall we proceed? 1402. Union workers have already elected leadership positions. Company representation is necessary to prevent deleterious action against the Company. I have assigned loyal employees to newly created positions within union leadership.  Congratulations on completing your first milestone on schedule. Meanwhile, after funding cuts and a catastrophic accident at Site 107 the project was scrapped and remaining workers scheduled for evacuation. If you can spare the men, order foragers to search these coordinates and recover whatever materials you can. We will have far from enough generators to evacuate everyone, should the unthinkable happen. Your task is now even more important. 1548. Missive from London regarding Site 107 was received. A foraging team will be dispatched to recover salvageable materials to improve our own odds of success. We must succeed.   To allay concerns should the word get out amongst employees and ensure continued amicable relations with trade unionists, another poll will be taken. Minutes of the Second Meeting of the ILGWU Representative Howard: Friends and... guests, welcome again. In the past forty-eight hours we have made great strides, won hard-earned victories, and yes, suffered setbacks. We will never forget our brother, Frank Baynton, taken before his time thanks to the pills we are handed with our breakfasts every day. Nevertheless, today we've seen the fruits of our labour blossom, and many of us have already stood atop the physical manifestation of our achievements. This accomplishment would not have been possible without the hard workers standing right here! Yes, give yourselves a hand! Now, you all know that our employer has seen fit to install oversight even here within our hallowed Union hall. Our new contract stipulates we must now give our attention over to the newly appointed liaison between the IEC and ILGWU, Charles Stanwick. Representative Stanwick: Thank you for your warm welcome, my friend! I would first like to take a moment to remind everyone that any rumours you might hear around the camp are, until officially confirmed by the higher-ups, exactly that. Rumours. The Imperial Exploration Company has made the following decisions available for all employees to vote on:  We could negotiate with the representatives of striking workers to end all ongoing strikes for a price. Collective Bargaining would allow the Supervisor to meet with representatives from any and all strikes together, so as to more quickly find favourable terms that will benefit all of us!  Working people will take part in the decision making process through Workers' Councils. This should give them an alternative to going on strike. If we form a Workers Council we would eliminate the need to strike altogether by directly making decisions that affect ourselves! Of course, the decisions we make won't always go exactly as we expect, given that we don't have the full picture here on the ground. Representative Francis Howard: ...Thank you, Mr. Stanwick. Please don't forget that every option the bosses have put on the table up to now is still on the table, and that we can vote up to three times apiece! Your voice does matter! Which Law(s) do we wish to see enacted?
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Repatriation of bodies, chapel, worker's council.
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Nov 10, 2023 07:53
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Have we considered that possibly that man died because he wasn't getting enough cocaine? He had to keep begging for more from his coworkers after all, maybe one of them decided to hold out on him one day.
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Nov 10, 2023 07:55
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stryth posted:Repatriation of bodies, chapel, worker's council.
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Nov 10, 2023 09:09
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"We can press the Pizza Party button to make strikes less likely, or set up soviets to accomplish the same" lol this game is wild Anyway: Repatriation of bodies, worker's council.
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Nov 10, 2023 14:21
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Return the bodies, Chapel
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Nov 10, 2023 18:39
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stryth posted:Repatriation of bodies, chapel, worker's council. This
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Nov 10, 2023 21:33
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Repatriation of bodies, Company Funerals, chapel
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Nov 10, 2023 22:00
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Repatriation of bodies, collective bargaining
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Repatriation of bodies, worker's council
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Nov 11, 2023 02:19
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Repatriation of Bodies, Collective Bargaining, Chapel
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IEC Site 113 Progress Report #010 1552. The unionized workers are a powerful voting bloc. Repatriation of bodies was passed near-unanimously.   The deceased employee will be returned to his family on the next ship.   Until then, the body will be kept in a morgue of Company-approved design.  1731. More efficient gathering techniques will mainly be employed at the gathering post assigned to coal piles.   The Morgue has been built. Now we can preserve our dead before we send them to London. 1906. Construction of mortuary facility is complete. Assembly of a regulation coffin for repatriation requires five units of wood.   People across the whole camp leap to their feet, awakened by the sound of angry screeches. Dozens of huge birds are circling over the construction site. "The owls are back!" - moan terrified workers. "It's a sign! The heavens warn us. We shouldn't be here. We're doomed!" After a while, the birds disappear above the bay, leaving our people severely shaken. 0635. A second round of superstitious terror has seized the workers. This time I see to their removal personally.   0959. In response to owl incident, employees elect to construct a chapel. This should divert superstitious fervour in a productive direction.   1020. Sufficient structural profiles are assembled to enable construction of generator pressure valves. Twenty workers immediately reassigned from profiles manufacture to construction site.  1047. Suitable location for chapel construction designated.   1148. Steam core and additional class 1 employee received. Coffin forwarded to London on same ship.  Several union representatives visit you to talk about involving the workers in the decision-making. "Trust us, people have plenty of ideas about how to do things better and safer," grins a wiry stoker, "though not always cheaper. Show us that you're willing to listen to us, and everyone will put their heart into work." 1402. Union representatives came forward with requests that would grant them more power. As the benefits of mitigated strike risk and heightened motivation outweigh whatever liberties they may take, their request will be granted.   Chapel has been erected, giving people a place to pray together and find comfort in faith. 2047. Structure for religious observation has been built. I believe this should put an end to any further nonsense involving avian omens.    You introduced the "Workers' Councils" law as promised. 0420. More power is granted to union representatives to ensure cooperation. Celebratory activies may hamper workers' effectiveness on next shift.    0848. Expansion of docks would essentially double material income from shipments. Additional personnel and steam cores will be required to construct necessary reloading stations.  1200. Additional personnel have arrived. Requisition of more has been transmitted.   1328. Workers' council square will be located directly on construction site in order to reduce strike risk as well as possible.   Sir, several engineers want to share with you their concerns about Workers' Councils and ask for reassurance. "We appreciate your efforts to motivate the workers, but giving them too much power would diminish our authority and blur the responsibility. And before you commit to any of their ideas, remember that they know nothing about generator design." 1402. Threatened by growth of workers' union, class 2 engineers have made proposals of their own to advance their own position. Rather than risk unproductive infighting between employee grades, I have asserted my own authority as granted by the Imperial Exploration Company.   Workers' Council has been established. 1716. Feelings of solidarity and self-determination will raise motivation in workers. Every concession granted has been calculated to be a net gain to efficiency.  1824. Upgrading of docks has begun.   2132. Dock upgrades complete. Construction of additional reloading station has begun. With doubled receiving capacity for steel and additional dockworkers assigned to all docks, one will now be designated to receive lumber instead with no net loss of steel income.  You fulfilled your promise to stop using Cocaine Pills. 2239. Three days have passed since fatal cocaine overdose incident. Pill distribution will remain limited for the time being in order to ascertain whether withdrawal effects will decrease.  0841. IEC supply ships arrive and are able to deliver resources at a vastly improved rate.   0859. Steam exchanger production queue is complete. Machine shop workers reassigned to assembly of generator tower pumps.   1318. Staffing of on-site food procurement facilities is of low priority. Regardless, maximal efficiency of all workplaces is of paramount importance.  Steam exchanger production may still be of benefit even after initiation of tower pump construction. Research team will develop method of supercharging construction utilizing steam exchangers.    1332. Assembly of pressure valves complete. Thirty construction workers reassigned to tower pumps. Current progress is six days ahead of schedule.  A worried medic reports an outbreak of venereal disease at the House of Pleasure. "At least one of the employees got the clap and is spreading it. We must start mandatory medical examinations of the staff and send the infected home, or at least isolate them." 1402. A pox must have been carried in by one of the newly arrived workers and is rapidly spreading through frequenters of the house of pleasure. Those afflicted will be treated as gravely ill in order to limit further transmission.  Sir, people working in the deepest part of the shaft report rumbling sounds and slight tremors coming from below. They complain of getting dizzy from toxic fumes coming through the cracks. We might be forced to evacuate them quickly in case of emergency. To do this, we'll need safety equipment for both the rescuers and the shaft crew. It will also protect workers from the fumes, improving workplace safety. Shall we start making it? 1422. Need for safety equipment is becoming increasingly apparent. Five steam exchangers will be required.  1920. Arrival of requisitioned workers. As construction site has maximum number of assigned workers, new arrivals are assigned to machine shop to begin production of new steam exchangers.  0421. New laws may again be voted on. Minutes of the Third Meeting of the ILGWU  Representative Howard: My friends! The last few days have seen nothing but victory for us, the common man and woman! Since our last meeting we have made it clear to everybody on this job site that the working class is the true power here. Inch by inch, we are making progress. The latest ground conceded to us by our dear Supervisor is the right to determine laws amongst ourselves, when it comes to things that affect us directly. To that end, I give the floor to my brother, Representative Danvers. Representative Danvers: Thank you. The motion that is presently on the table is one put forth by Mary Walker and seconded by myself. The proposal is that the hardest workers among us should be granted days off. With a show of hands - all in favour? And all opposed? The motion is rejected. Thank you for your vote, comrades. Representative Stanwick: On that note! Our generous employers have made three new laws available for us to vote on! These will affect everyone in the camp, not just those of us in the Union, so think carefully about your choices here.  If people could get together in the Chapel to listen to words of scripture, it would raise their spirits. We could allow an official Evening Service at the chapel to lift our spirits.  Those who give their lives in service to the Empire deserve the highest honour. We will send their bodies to England in steel coffins and bury them at the company's expense. The Company is offering Company Funerals out of their own pocket should the unthinkable happen again!  Workers' Councils are great fonts of innovation, but too often they go astray. We need to control which of their ideas are publicised. And as we've all just seen, it's hard coming up with good ideas that will benefit all us workers! The Company wants to help us out with some suggestions from their Official Doctrine. Which Law(s) do we wish to see enacted?
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Official Doctrine and Evensong! I've also gotta say that seeing the Generator be slowly built strikes home how big it really is. Reaching deep into the earth to (presumably) find geothermal energy. I thought the round square around the Generator was for looks, but apparently not.
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