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Bill: IP Closed Shop act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Imperialist 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: November 2413
Description[?]:
| The right to organize unions is really a group right. Simply allowing individuals to join unions, especially with scab legislation as it stands presently, will produce unions that are unable to defend the rights of workers because employers can create disincentives to joining the union, and also, in the case of a strike, strategically pick off particular union members, bribing them to be scabs, and weakening the union. Unions exist as part of their basic function, to provide collective bargaining. The beneficiaries of that collective bargaining include everybody that works for the firm, unionized or not - so there is a collective action problem that needs to be resolved.. Moreover, if many people are not members of the union, they will have little say in what the union does, making it representative only of a few radicals. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government policy towards labor unions.
Old value:: Trade unions may exist and worker membership is voluntary.
Current: Trade unions are illegal.
Proposed: Trade unions may exist and all workers must have membership in one.
Debate
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| Vote | Seats | ||||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 215 | ||||||
| no |
Total Seats: 381 | ||||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 5 |
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