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Bill: Secondary Strike Reform
Details
Submitted by[?]: Independent Right
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: May 2376
Description[?]:
| This was a portion of our industry reform bill, but as the SD had objections to this and not the other articles, we're moving it to an independent vote. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Secondary strike action.
Old value:: Any trade union can go on a sympathy strike in support of other striking workers.
Current: Only closely related trade unions can walk out on a sympathy strike in support of other striking workers.
Proposed: Only closely related trade unions can walk out on a sympathy strike in support of other striking workers.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 06:43:32, March 18, 2007 CET | From | Party of Moderates | To | Debating the Secondary Strike Reform |
| Message | Hm, we suppose we shall support this bill. After all, a teacher's union has no business going out of their way to defend the coal miner's union. Unions should get what they want through the strength and will of the people in them, not the strength and will of those outside of them. |
| Date | 19:34:08, March 18, 2007 CET | From | Social Democrats | To | Debating the Secondary Strike Reform |
| Message | We cannot allow government interference in the trade unions! The definition of a trade union is an INDEPENDENT organisation that fights for worker rights and any kind of restrictions here are not possible. We cannot support this bill! |
| Date | 22:37:43, March 18, 2007 CET | From | Independent Right | To | Debating the Secondary Strike Reform |
| Message | The government has every right to regulate the activities of Unions, just as it has a right to regulate the activities of businesses and corporations. |
| Date | 04:33:40, March 19, 2007 CET | From | Party of Moderates | To | Debating the Secondary Strike Reform |
| Message | To those that oppose the bill, could you please answer my comments? |
| Date | 09:40:24, March 19, 2007 CET | From | Social Democrats | To | Debating the Secondary Strike Reform |
| Message | We are dealing with solidarity strikes when certain companies are violating worker rights so severely that every worker feels that they should support them in some way. This also applies if some vital sector wants to go to strike but does not as it must be operating (hospitals, airports, public offices). Usualy those trade unions appeal to the others to strike instead of them, because they must leave their companies operating. This also affects the term of general strike, for example if the retirement age was to rise to 70 years they will probably all strike, because it affects all of them. Not to mention that the teachers in the mining school might want to support the cause of the miners, and convince the other teachers to support them. Things like that happen in extreme violations. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 0 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 187 | |||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 297 |
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