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Bill: Worker's Rights Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Liberal Democratic Party
Status[?]: defeated
Votes: This is an ordinary bill. It requires more yes votes than no votes. This bill will not pass any sooner than the deadline.
Voting deadline: September 2365
Description[?]:
| This bill would seek to amend the existing laws in place that are detrimental to a worker's career and standing in society. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Employer's rights in regards to firing striking workers.
Old value:: Employers are free to fire workers who go on strike.
Current: Employers can fire workers who are deemed to have gone on strike without reasonable reasons.
Proposed: Employers cannot fire workers who have gone on strike.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Secondary strike action.
Old value:: Secondary strike action is illegal. Workers and unions can only go on strike for their own pay and conditions.
Current: Secondary strike action is illegal. Workers and unions can only go on strike for their own pay and conditions.
Proposed: Any trade union can go on a sympathy strike in support of other striking workers.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Trade union strike ballots.
Old value:: Trade unions must by law hold a ballot of all members before going on strike, a majority of all members, regardless of if they vote or not must approve the strike action.
Current: Trade unions must by law hold a ballot of all members before going on strike, a majority of all members, regardless of if they vote or not must approve the strike action.
Proposed: Trade unions must by law hold a ballot of all members before going on strike, majority approval of those that vote is needed from its members.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning child labour.
Old value:: Child labour is allowed and it is subjected to the same regulations as adult labour.
Current: Child labour is forbidden.
Proposed: Child labour is forbidden.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on Democratic Workers' Councils.
Old value:: The government does not intervene in the marketplace with regards to Democratic Workers' Councils.
Current: The government does not intervene in the marketplace with regards to Democratic Workers' Councils.
Proposed: The government encourages the formation of Democratic Workers' Councils through subsidies and tax exemptions.
Article 6
Proposal[?] to change Government agricultural and farming subsidies policy.
Old value:: All agricultural operations are state-owned and operated.
Current: The government denies subsidy assistance to farmers.
Proposed: The government subsidises the operations of low-income farming families.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 17:16:40, February 24, 2007 CET | From |  Liberal Democratic Party | To | Debating the Worker's Rights Act |
| Message | Regarding to Article 2, we are not sure entirely if we wish to change it. If this passes we will most likely attempt to amend Article 2 to what it originally was. |
| Date | 18:04:27, February 24, 2007 CET | From | United Democrats of Jakania | To | Debating the Worker's Rights Act |
| Message | IF you can do that is well with article one, I would appreciate it(I dont believe child labor should be banned, but additional regulations) |
| Date | 20:37:46, February 24, 2007 CET | From | Liberal Democratic Party | To | Debating the Worker's Rights Act |
| Message | Well, if you want Article 1 to be ammended, we'll be the first to have the honor to explain to you something. Jakania, a modernized nation, is the only nation that allows child labor up to the same standards adults deal with. Most civilized and democratic nations (if not all) have outlawed Child Labor because it is a filthy and crude topic that only the most belittling and disgusting government would implement. To our party, having legalized Child Labor is worse than having an abortion in the third trimester, because then at least when the fetus grows up to be a child it won't have to be enslaved. Having said that, we do believe adolescents should have the legal opportunity to make a wage by working before the adult age. However, there would be many laws that protect the adolescent from harm and abuse from the working field. Just like in the U.S. (using a real life example), child labor is outlawed, but adolescents before the adult age may work with restrictions protecting them. |
| Date | 20:46:27, February 24, 2007 CET | From | Scientific Libertarian Party | To | Debating the Worker's Rights Act |
| Message | Articles 2 and 4 are excellent. The rest are unacceptable. |
| Date | 22:19:43, February 24, 2007 CET | From | United Democrats of Jakania | To | Debating the Worker's Rights Act |
| Message | Why are they unacceptable? |
| Date | 23:04:01, February 24, 2007 CET | From | Scientific Libertarian Party | To | Debating the Worker's Rights Act |
| Message | Well, it is just as illegal to abuse child workers as it is to abuse adult workers, so the existing legislation is fine (we could support going further in the direction of deregulation, but we're fine where it stands). If a worker chooses to strike for his rights, it means nothing if there is no risk involved, if we remove the risk, then workers are free to strike at the slightest provocation, and we are forcing corporations to take major costs, both in the area of unreasonable demands from the workers and in the form of lost revenue from time wasted during strikes. I'm actually ambivalent towards 5, though on that issue we would be happier if we didn't interfere in strike decisions with legislation at all, leaving it completely up to the unions/workers. As for subsidising DWCs, that just runs counter to our laissez-faire policies. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 216 | |||||
| no | Total Seats: 264 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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