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Bill: Citizens Wartime Unity Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: HaLeumit Tikvah
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: September 2477
Description[?]:
| "As we must commit more of Beiteynus might and manpower to war, it is important that subversive elements are not allowed to hinder our ability to fight. The communists, long since thrown from political power, have invaded our trade unions and seek to betray our country to the Pntek. We must stand up to this old evil, in the guise of workers rights, and defend our people, nation, and faith." -Letter from Moshe Ne-anyahu, HaLeumit Tikvah Militia leader. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Employer's rights in regards to firing striking workers.
Old value:: Employers cannot fire workers who have gone on strike.
Current: Employers cannot fire workers who have gone on strike.
Proposed: Employers are free to fire workers who go on strike.
Article 2
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 3
Proposal[?] to change The nation's policy on minimum wage regulation.
Old value:: There shall be a minimum wage at a level considered a "living wage," well above the poverty line for a full time worker.
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 is no provision for a minimum wage.
Article 4
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 5
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 workers, except public employees, have the right to strike.
Article 6
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on Democratic Workers' Councils.
Old value:: The government does not intervene in the marketplace with regards to Democratic Workers' Councils.
Current: The government does not intervene in the marketplace with regards to Democratic Workers' Councils.
Proposed: Democratic Workers' Councils are not permitted to run a business.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 20:06:52, October 27, 2007 CET | From | Pharaoh's People's Party | To | Debating the Citizens Wartime Unity Act |
| Message | The fact that we embroiled in conflict does not mean that we should succumb to fascism. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 32 | ||||||
| no |
Total Seats: 213 | ||||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 115 |
| Random fact: Unless otherwise stated, monarchs and their royal houses will be presumed to be owned by the player who introduced the bill appointing them to their position. |
| Random quote: "Usually the nonsense liberals spout is kind of cute, but in wartime their instinctive idiocy is life-threatening." - Ann Coulter |