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Bill: Defense of the Worker
Details
Submitted by[?]: Protectorate 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: July 2431
Description[?]:
| Our people need to be free to regulate and protect their workplace and their relationship with their employer. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning child labour.
Old value:: Child labour is forbidden.
Current: Child labour is forbidden.
Proposed: Child labour is allowed, but with additional regulations to those of adult labourers.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Health and safety legislation for industry.
Old value:: The government introduces and actively regulates health and safety legislation in all areas of industry.
Current: Health and safety laws are to be determined by local governments.
Proposed: The government recommends health and safety legislation, but they are not actively enforced on industry.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Positive discrimination.
Old value:: Hiring policies are regulated by local governments.
Current: No form of positive discrimination is permitted.
Proposed: The government does not regulate hiring policies.
Article 4
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 encourages the formation of Democratic Workers' Councils through subsidies and tax exemptions.
Proposed: The government encourages the formation of Democratic Workers' Councils through subsidies and tax exemptions.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 14:12:22, July 17, 2007 CET | From | Militarist Party | To | Debating the Defense of the Worker |
| Message | I only do not agree with Article 1. |
| Date | 18:07:23, July 17, 2007 CET | From | Radical Labor Confederation | To | Debating the Defense of the Worker |
| Message | The RSM does not agree with articles 1, 2, or 3. |
| Date | 04:47:15, July 18, 2007 CET | From |  Protectorate Party | To | Debating the Defense of the Worker |
| Message | In regards to article one, we must realize that the current law forbids a teen from working even 1 or 2 hrs a week at a store or fast food joint. This keeps a kid from getting a paper route or mow the neighbors' lawn. Keep the children out of the mines or factories is good. Keeping them from earning some pocket money, is not. |
| Date | 04:51:51, July 18, 2007 CET | From | Protectorate Party | To | Debating the Defense of the Worker |
| Message | Article 2 paves the way to permit workers to control the safety regulations of their own workplace. Making government responsible for safety audits results in a game between the companies and the government. An inspection is scheduled, the work place cleans up their act, and as soon as the inspection is over the company returns to their usual operation. By having this as part of the employee employer contract, it puts the inspection as a continuous event, carried on by those who are most concerned with the results. |
| Date | 10:59:33, July 19, 2007 CET | From | National Anti-Communist Front | To | Debating the Defense of the Worker |
| Message | While the MNP agrees with articles one and three we cannot accept two and four. It is the governments job to both create and enforce safety rules. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 54 | ||||||
| no |
Total Seats: 146 | ||||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 0 |
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| Random quote: "The payment of taxes gives a right to protection." - James M. Wayne |