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or any other profession or occupation even in that affair it is absolutely necessary to think of the propriety of time. You must be punctual in attending to your work. You must carry out a certain work at the time prescribed by the proprietor. You must work for the number of hours prescribed.
From the Audience : Now-a-days, the problem of workers has greatly increased. There is no limit to the worries that the employers have to face from their employees. Workers are becoming masters.
Maharajashri: You have to search for the basic causes for the situation. “Work has to be done in accordance with the prescriptions of the law. Workers must be honest and sincere". People seem to have forgotten this principle. The employers and proprietors have to face worries not only from workers but also from the government. Now-a-days, strikes take place, off and on. On those days, violence takes place. All business and occupations come to a stand-still. Loss to the tune of crores will occur. Workers have created an atmosphere of anxiety in the country. They have formed unions and the unions carry on disputes with the managements. Sometimes, quarrels also take place. THE CATARACT OF FRIENDSHIP AND CO-OPERATION HAS DRIED UP
Between workers and managements or proprietors, there is no love. Friendship and co-operation do not exist. Their relationship is merely that of money. A deep moat has appeared between the two. Workers have lost the confidence of their masters. Where disputes take place in respect of power, the nectar of love disappears. The man in whom there is no love is not a human being but a machine. DISPUTES RELATING TO POWER ARE ALL-PERVASIVE
Disputes relating to power have cropped up everywhere. They have appeared in every household also. The wife desires to snatch power from her husband and the son desires to snatch power from the father. Workers desire to snatch power from
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