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Bill: Strikes Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Radical Labor Confederation
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: April 2440
Description[?]:
| Bill to provide solidarity for the working class. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Employer's rights in regards to firing striking workers.
Old value:: Employers can fire workers who are deemed to have gone on strike without reasonable reasons.
Current: Employers can fire workers who are deemed to have gone on strike without reasonable reasons.
Proposed: Government approval is needed before strikers can be fired.
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: Any trade union can go on a sympathy strike in support of other striking workers.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 20:19:08, August 04, 2007 CET | From | Supporters of Science in Design (IP) | To | Debating the Strikes Act |
| Message | This would decrease the current experiment in free markets. |
| Date | 20:19:36, August 04, 2007 CET | From | Radical Labor Confederation | To | Debating the Strikes Act |
| Message | People's lives shouldn't be an experiment. |
| Date | 05:11:12, August 16, 2007 CET | From |  Protectorate Party | To | Debating the Strikes Act |
| Message | We agree with this bill. We should be encouraging our citizens to stand together. If a union is too small to have their voice heard others should be free to express their support. And individuals should not fear their jobs do to a disagreement with management. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes | Total Seats: 122 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 172 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 98 |
| Random fact: "Jezvraljogadsrlji" means "Social" in the Jelbic languages. |
| Random quote: "Corruption greases the wheels of government, and my private jet." - Sung Dae Kim, former Dranian politician |