The conditions required to start a workers' movement are a topic worth discussing.

It's not always the right time to initiate a workers' movement for the interests of the broad workers' community.

For instance, if external conditions are lacking, the enemy's forces are too strong, or faced with special situations like wars or famines, launching a workers' movement under such external conditions might be somewhat inappropriate.

However, if social unrest is triggered by defeat or famine, sparking widespread dissatisfaction with the rulers, then this is the best time to launch a workers' movement because such times often garner broad support and play a crucial role.

Determining when to launch a workers' movement and when to endure, compromise, or temporarily give ground is a real test of a leader's ability.

Sometimes, acting at the wrong time can lead to the potential failure of actions that otherwise hold great promise for success.

Nevertheless, more important than the external environment is whether the internal conditions of the worker community are sufficient to initiate a workers' movement.

For example, whether the worker community is sufficiently united, whether they fully recognize the necessity of struggle, whether they have clear goals, and, most importantly, whether they are guided by scientific thought.

The early goals of the workers' movement were simple: increasing wages, reducing labor time while increasing wages, and most crucially, the freedom of collective organization.

The first two are easily understood and are the most straightforward demands of the workers' community, while the latter is the basis on which the workers' movement can engage in struggle against the capitalists.

Capitalists, as owners of capital and production materials, enjoy all economic power to their advantage. As long as workers continue to compete against each other for jobs, they lack the strength to fight against employers.

In such circumstances, the "rules of the game" purely benefit the capitalists: they can set wages very low, and workers must accept it, for the fear of losing their jobs and thus their means of living.

Workers can only benefit in their struggle against capitalists by ceasing competition with each other, collectively confronting employers, and refusing to work under unacceptable conditions.

Experience quickly taught them that without the freedom of collective organization, they have no weapons to resist capitalist oppression.

From the beginning, Perfikot taught Kallen to unite and rally all forces that could be united, so Kallen founded the Workers' Federation from the outset, bringing together workers and engineers from various factories across the city to form a whole, with the strength to fight against capitalists.

And now, she has further expanded the organization to cover most of the New Continent colonies, making the worker community not only unprecedentedly large but also exceptionally united.

Objectively speaking, the conditions necessary for the rise of the workers' movement, even for struggle, are already in place.

As for external environmental issues, the conflict between capitalists and workers isn't particularly sharp at the moment. Although issues like unemployment rates, low wages, and excessive working hours cause the worker community to be very dissatisfied with their employers, it still remains in the early stages of the workers' movement, not yet developed into a deeper struggle phase.

"At the stage of launching a workers' movement, the organization of strikes must imply a degree of class organization. It implicitly bears the idea that the interests of every employed worker are determined by collective action; it presents a solution of class solidarity, opposing any attempt to increase personal gain at the expense of other employed workers," Perfikot and Kallen discussed eloquently, imparting knowledge and understanding to Kallen without reservation: "So if you plan to initiate a large-scale workers' movement, you need to pay particular attention to occurrences like separate negotiations or resumptions of work by individual cities or factories.

Although I'm not certain such things will definitely happen, as the struggle prolongs, the time different areas and factories' workers can endure varies. As a leader and organizer, you must pay special attention to this issue."

"I remember, you are right. I can already sense that representatives from different regions aren't of one mind. There are huge differences and conflicts between representatives from economically developed areas and those from economically impoverished areas. Their demands are completely different. Just coordinating them not to clash and be willing to sit together to negotiate has exhausted my energy!" Kallen was recording what Perfikot said while pouring out her grievances to her. Although she had enough resolve to engage in this great cause, it didn't stop Kallen from being just a recently adult girl who also had worries and distress, wanting someone to confide in.

Seeing Kallen showing her vulnerable side in front of her, Perfikot merely displayed a tolerant smile.

During this period, Perfikot has not neglected Kallen and the Workers' Federation she established. The Assassin Brotherhood from the Northern Territory and intelligence organizations have continually gathered information and intelligence related to them, consolidating it at Perfikot's disposal.

She clearly knows that Kallen is a brave and determined person. She spent nearly two years establishing a workers' organization spanning most of the New Continent colonies and has led this workers' organization to launch several actions like strikes, protests, and marches, gaining numerous rights for the worker community, proving that she is also a very capable person.

Moreover, this sufficiently proves the remarkable effectiveness of Kallen's work, no wonder her alias is highly rewarded and wanted by the colonial authorities in the New Continent.

If it were Perfikot, she would probably offer a higher reward and send assassins directly, or simply deploy the Steam Knight to uproot the entire Workers' Federation.

Having studied the history of workers' movements in the original world, she clearly understands what an exemplary labor leader means to the workers' movement.

Yet everyone has a weak side; even Kallen will have moments of fatigue and weariness. She is willing to show this side to herself, which is a quite novel experience for Perfikot.

There aren't many people in this world who can confess their troubles and worries to her without reservation. Kallen might even be the only one.

After all, there are very few friends or acquaintances close enough to Perfikot to reach such depth, and as an elder, the Eldest Princess Annie obviously wouldn't convey her worries to a younger person in this way, so it really comes down to just Kallen.

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