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Bill: Labour Act 2437
Details
Submitted by[?]: Constitutional Monarchy 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 2443
Description[?]:
| We shall get nothing done with all these workers moaning! Let them work, and work, and work! No excuses!!!! |
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 may exist and worker membership is voluntary.
Proposed: Trade unions are illegal.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Positive discrimination.
Old value:: The government does not regulate hiring policies.
Current: The government encourages positive discrimination and enforces it for government hiring.
Proposed: The government discriminates against minorities in its hiring.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Secondary strike action.
Old value:: Any trade union can go on a sympathy strike in support of other striking workers.
Current: Any trade union can go on a sympathy strike in support of other striking workers.
Proposed: Secondary strike action is illegal. Workers and unions can only go on strike for their own pay and conditions.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change The workers' right to strike.
Old value:: All workers have the right to strike.
Current: All workers have the right to strike.
Proposed: All strikes are illegal.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change Trade union strike ballots.
Old value:: Trade unions must by law hold a ballot of all members before going on strike, majority approval of those that vote is needed from its members.
Current: Trade unions must by law hold a ballot of all members before going on strike, a majority of all members, regardless of if they vote or not must approve the strike action.
Proposed: Trade unions must by law hold a ballot of all members before going on strike, a majority of all members, regardless of if they vote or not must approve the strike action.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 22:53:29, August 01, 2007 CET | From | Constitutional Monarchy Party | To | Debating the Labour Act 2437 |
| Message | What is the thinking on this one? ;) |
| Date | 22:58:12, August 01, 2007 CET | From | Beluzian Workers Party | To | Debating the Labour Act 2437 |
| Message | If strikes are illegal, why do they need to vote to go on strike? |
| Date | 22:59:11, August 01, 2007 CET | From | Constitutional Monarchy Party | To | Debating the Labour Act 2437 |
| Message | Its just a formality. If they are illegal there will be no strikes obviously. It is just tying up loose ends... |
| Date | 23:00:27, August 01, 2007 CET | From | Beluzian Workers Party | To | Debating the Labour Act 2437 |
| Message | I don't think I need to tell you what I think of this one... |
| Date | 23:01:28, August 01, 2007 CET | From | Constitutional Monarchy Party | To | Debating the Labour Act 2437 |
| Message | No :D |
| Date | 23:11:52, August 01, 2007 CET | From | Beluzian Workers Party | To | Debating the Labour Act 2437 |
| Message | Well, you could take the extra 'd' out of workers before you put it to a vote... |
| Date | 23:12:52, August 01, 2007 CET | From | Constitutional Monarchy Party | To | Debating the Labour Act 2437 |
| Message | whoops.... i never noticed... |
| Date | 20:10:23, August 17, 2007 CET | From | Constitutional Monarchy Party | To | Debating the Labour Act 2437 |
| Message | well at least two other parties have some sense :D |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 200 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 550 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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