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Bill: Freedom to Work
Details
Submitted by[?]: AM Radical Libertarian 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: October 2461
Description[?]:
| Without the freedom to work under conditions jointly agreed upon by the employer and employee; all other rights are nearly meaningless. Economics enable all of our other freedoms; if you cannot work you cannot live. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The nation's defence industry.
Old value:: The state owns all defence industries.
Current: The state owns all defence industries.
Proposed: The state owns national defence industries but these exist alongside privately owned defence industries.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Energy regulation.
Old value:: Energy is provided by nationalised companies.
Current: Energy is provided by private companies but the prices they can charge are regulated.
Proposed: Energy is provided by private, unregulated companies but subsidies are given to those on a low income.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on industry and subsidies to industrial operations.
Old value:: All industry is owned and operated by the state.
Current: The government acts as an investor of last resort, by nationalizing failing industries that provide vital goods or services.
Proposed: The government does not intervene in the market nor provide any form of subsidies/relief to industries.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Internet regulations.
Old value:: The government runs its own internet with government approved content only and no connection to the rest of the world.
Current: The government has no position on who may use or what is published on the internet.
Proposed: The government allows anyone to use the internet but the police can run investigations concerning illegal activities conducted by using internet (child abuse, illegal filesharing, ...)
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change Government policy towards labor unions.
Old value:: Trade unions may exist and all workers must have membership in one.
Current: Trade unions may exist and worker membership is voluntary.
Proposed: Trade unions may exist and worker membership is voluntary.
Article 6
Proposal[?] to change The right for a person to prostitute himself or herself.
Old value:: There is a state monopoly on prostitution.
Current: Prostitution is legal and a recognized profession.
Proposed: Prostitution is legal and a recognized profession.
Article 7
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on Democratic Workers' Councils.
Old value:: The government requires all businesses to be run by Democratic Workers' Councils.
Current: The government does not intervene in the marketplace with regards to Democratic Workers' Councils.
Proposed: The government does not intervene in the marketplace with regards to Democratic Workers' Councils.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 19:23:45, September 19, 2007 CET | From | Democratic Workers' Party and CTUL List | To | Debating the Freedom to Work |
| Message | We categorically oppose this Bill. Furthermore, we do not believe a single proposal in this bill reflects the freedom to work. Nationalised industries do not remove freedom to work. It is also the opinion of the DWP that true freedom to work is in security of employment, and fair pay. These are things that cannot be provided by a single private enterprise. |
| Date | 19:24:21, September 19, 2007 CET | From | Democratic Workers' Party and CTUL List | To | Debating the Freedom to Work |
| Message | - We are, however, very open to the suggestion of lifting Internet censorship. |
| Date | 14:06:42, September 20, 2007 CET | From | Commonwealth Workers Army | To | Debating the Freedom to Work |
| Message | A couple of things leap out at us as not just bad, but dangerous: Opening up prostitution to a for-profit basis is a bad idea - there are only so many ways you can cut costs in such a service industry, and none of them are good for the service provider. Trade Union membership must be universal, or you get what we have all seen before - employers find ways to refuse employment to anyone with Union support, or phrase the terms of employment such that those considering joining a Union can be coincidentally 'no longer required'. If not universal, it becomes almost useless... and Likatonia has been trying to move away from a history as a slave-state. Regarding power supply - or anything else - it is never good to remove all regulation. People operating on a for-profit basis can NEVER be trusted to self-police fairly. |
| Date | 23:27:30, September 22, 2007 CET | From | Libertà Parti | To | Debating the Freedom to Work |
| Message | You really don't want to allow private industry in defense. While private industry is good, allowing it in the defense industry only results in making war for profit because the government officials will buy stock in those companies. Private industries controlling the energy industry only results in monopolies, so it would be better if an organization that the people could democratically interact with controlled it, rather than something that runs for profit and out of control. I have proposed a bill creating a two-tier system, decriminalizing a private market, and it also lifts internet censorship, so I will oppose this one. |
| Date | 23:32:02, September 23, 2007 CET | From | Concerned Union of Fascists | To | Debating the Freedom to Work |
| Message | As we commented on another bill, we do not object to the current tightly regulated economic system as long as we are sure that the constituted authorities are in line with the true national spirit. We are concerned about this. Sincerely, Chairman Francis Urquhart Concerned Union of Fascists |
| Date | 23:33:37, September 23, 2007 CET | From | Concerned Union of Fascists | To | Debating the Freedom to Work |
| Message | As we commented on another bill, we do not object to the current tightly regulated economic system as long as we are sure that the constituted authorities are in line with the true national spirit. We are concerned about this. The opening of the economic system proposed in this bill could however lead to influences not loyal to the national spirit gaining economic leverage. This concerns us even more. Sincerely, Chairman Francis Urquhart Concerned Union of Fascists |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||||
| yes | Total Seats: 131 | ||||||
| no | Total Seats: 192 | ||||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 343 |
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