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Bill: Strike Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Communist Party of Lodamun
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: October 2420
Description[?]:
| Multi million dollar corporations, including both privately and publicly owned, sometimes do not listen to the voice of their workers. The workers try to talk to them and reason with them, but sometimes they just don't listen. As we have stated in a bill we have proposed before, actions speak louder than words. Therefore, we believe that all workers have the right to strike. Sometimes, going on strike is their only way to speak their opinions. We also believe that when workers of a company go on strike, any other trade union that can identify with their struggle should also be able to go on strike. The CPL stands for solidarity between workers. We also believe that the government has no right to fire workers that have gone on strike. The workers go on strike because of the treatment of them by their bosses. THe CPL thinks that it is better to fire the bosses than to fire the workers. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Employer's rights in regards to firing striking workers.
Old value:: Government approval is needed before strikers can be fired.
Current: Employers cannot fire workers who have gone on strike.
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: Any trade union can go 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.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change The workers' right to strike.
Old value:: All workers, except certain categories of workers regarded as critical to society, have the right to strike.
Current: All workers have the right to strike but certain categories of workers regarded as critical to society have to ensure a minimal service.
Proposed: All workers have the right to strike.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 16:17:43, June 25, 2007 CET | From | Radical Nationalist Party | To | Debating the Strike Act |
| Message | Remove article 2 and we will be comfortable to agree. |
| Date | 16:43:41, June 25, 2007 CET | From | Lodamun Distributionist Party | To | Debating the Strike Act |
| Message | We certainly cannot agree to article 2. The others could be argued. |
| Date | 07:50:51, June 26, 2007 CET | From | Communist Party of Lodamun | To | Debating the Strike Act |
| Message | We have replaced article 2 with what we believe is a more reasonable proposal. |
| Date | 16:15:14, June 26, 2007 CET | From | Communist Party of Lodamun | To | Debating the Strike Act |
| Message | More than half of year of waiting is long enough. The CPL puts this to vote. |
| Date | 18:50:02, June 26, 2007 CET | From | New Democratic Party | To | Debating the Strike Act |
| Message | We fully support Article 1, though we don't see the need for Articles 2 or 3. |
| Date | 20:42:55, June 26, 2007 CET | From |  Federal Independent Party | To | Debating the Strike Act |
| Message | This is a move to destroy the working rights of labor unions. Any party who would vote "No" demonstrates the evils of true unregulated capitalism which is the ugliest side of its economic ideology. |
| Date | 20:43:43, June 26, 2007 CET | From | United Republics Party | To | Debating the Strike Act |
| Message | who are you? |
| Date | 18:04:27, June 27, 2007 CET | From | Democrats | To | Debating the Strike Act |
| Message | Yes, why is Senor No Pants in the debating chamber? |
| Date | 18:28:02, June 27, 2007 CET | From | Lodamun Distributionist Party | To | Debating the Strike Act |
| Message | Isn't there some sort of dress code in the PFP? |
| Date | 04:26:23, June 28, 2007 CET | From | Federal Independent Party | To | Debating the Strike Act |
| Message | I am the Leader of the International Labour Movement. As the head representative of laborers and workers across Terra, it is my duty to ensure that all workers have the full protection and rights in every member nation. This bill increases protections and rights for all workers which is pivotal. And why are you going out of your way to find out my user name, that's something Matt Unger would do since he's a suspected stalker (AKA Moderate Republican Party). |
| Date | 13:57:20, June 28, 2007 CET | From | Democrats | To | Debating the Strike Act |
| Message | Why are you still speaking in our debating chamber? Surely foreigners and non-elected persons cannot speak or sit in this chamber? It is hardly going out of my way to find your username, all I have to do is click on your party link, no high level espionage here. |
| Date | 13:58:04, June 28, 2007 CET | From | Democrats | To | Debating the Strike Act |
| Message | Oh and for the information of the other parties, the vote below is my current idea of the government, and the opposition. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||||
| yes | Total Seats: 189 | |||||||
| no |
Total Seats: 410 | |||||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: Bill descriptions must be in English, or at least include a full English translation. Bill titles may appear in a language that is appropriate to the nation and are not required to be translated into English. |
| Random quote: "Sometimes democracy must be bathed in blood." - Augusto Pinochet |