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Bill: Workers Rights Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Green 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: May 2438
Description[?]:
| Enhanced Freedom and Rights for Workers |
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 cannot fire workers who have gone on strike.
Proposed: Employers can fire workers who are deemed to have gone on strike without reasonable reasons.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The nation's policy on minimum wage regulation.
Old value:: There is no provision for a minimum wage.
Current: There shall be a minimum wage at a level considered a "living wage," well above the poverty line for a full time worker.
Proposed: There shall be a minimum wage at a level that a single full time worker on it can adequately subsist.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 21:27:40, July 31, 2007 CET | From |  New Liberal Action | To | Debating the Workers Rights Act |
| Message | We support articles one and two, not so much three |
| Date | 12:05:56, August 01, 2007 CET | From | Union for Social Justice | To | Debating the Workers Rights Act |
| Message | We agree with the NLA, we support 1 and 2 but not 3 |
| Date | 16:40:49, August 01, 2007 CET | From | Green Party | To | Debating the Workers Rights Act |
| Message | #3 has been removed |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 160 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 254 | ||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 11 |
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