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Bill: Freedom to organize
Details
Submitted by[?]: Cooperative Commonwealth Federation
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: March 2039
Description[?]:
| The government shall make no law infringing upon the right of workers to organize a trade union. A union shall be established when agreed upon by the majority of the employees in a workplace. Unions shall be registered with the government and must operate under a democractic constitution. No worker may be fired for trying to organize a union. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government policy towards labor unions.
Old value:: Trade unions are illegal.
Current: Trade unions may exist and worker membership is voluntary.
Proposed: Trade unions may exist and worker membership is voluntary.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | not recorded | From | To | Debating the Freedom to organize |
| Message | It is important that such associations be validly registered with the duly effected government body, just as any other organization would be, and that they have an appropriate and law-abiding constitution and bylaws for their organization, just as any other society is required to have. The lack of such would only promote impropriety in their activities. I cannot support this bill in its current, vague format. |
| Date | not recorded | From | Cooperative Commonwealth Federation | To | Debating the Freedom to organize |
| Message | It's my understanding that the proposal words must match those in the game options. I believe, however, that registration of unions with the government and the requirement for constitutions and bylaws are commonly part of labour laws in all countries. I certainly agree with your comments, but these bills can't include everything, they have to be vage and general if only because of maximum word lengths. |
| Date | not recorded | From | Cooperative Commonwealth Federation | To | Debating the Freedom to organize |
| Message | Sorry, revised to take account of comments now. |
| Date | not recorded | From | Chorus of Amyst | To | Debating the Freedom to organize |
| Message | Trade unions are quite often the culprit behind inflation, degradation of workmanship, and destruction of the finances of the working class. Although the Amystian Council typically supports the freedom of a person to join with others in myriad organizations, the economic blows that unions would deal are unacceptable. |
| Date | not recorded | From | Cooperative Commonwealth Federation | To | Debating the Freedom to organize |
| Message | The governing coalition's decision to continue the ban on trade unions is a vicious blow against the freedom of working peoples. We can see how the deck is stacked against ordinary people by the big business interests controlling this government! |
| Date | not recorded | From | To | Debating the Freedom to organize |
| Message | Actually, we're interested in small businesses, too. The backbone of our nation! |
| Date | not recorded | From | Cooperative Commonwealth Federation | To | Debating the Freedom to organize |
| Message | :D |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||
| yes | Total Seats: 33 | ||
| no |
Total Seats: 33 | ||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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