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Bill: Charte Ouvriere
Details
Submitted by[?]: Option Citoyenne
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: August 2492
Description[?]:
| The call of the working people of Rildanor goes out for a more just and egalitarian society. This Charter will create industrial workplace democracy in industries throughout the Province of Rildanor. If democracy is to mean anything, it must mean more than voting every few years. it must include economic democratization, giving people control rather than trusting in an "invisible hand" of market ideology. This Charter removes the ability of corporations to arbitrarily fire those workers on legal strikes, thus protecting job security. It authorizes nationalization of the major industries by the state, acting on behalf of the people of Rildanor. It introduces in all businesses a worker council, democratically chosen by the employees of each business, empowered to play a role in management of corporations. The changes proposed will incur a cost. This would be financed by an increase in the corporate income tax rate, which still leaves corporate tax at a very low level in the global context. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Tax percentage of the profit made by corporations.
Old value:: 3
Current: 16
Proposed: 10
Article 2
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: Employers cannot fire workers who have gone on strike.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on industry and subsidies to industrial operations.
Old value:: The government does not intervene in the market nor provide any form of subsidies/relief to industries.
Current: The government acts as an investor of last resort, by nationalizing failing industries that provide vital goods or services.
Proposed: The state owns the commanding heights of the economy and all major industries, but private ownership is allowed in the minor industries.
Article 4
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: The government requires all businesses to be run by Democratic Workers' Councils.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 05:09:15, November 26, 2007 CET | From | Option Citoyenne | To | Debating the Charte Ouvriere |
| Message | Proposal(s) to be added once that is possible. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 57 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 149 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 44 |
| Random fact: Moderation will not approve a Cultural Protocol request within the first 48 hours of it being requested. This is in order to give other players a chance to query the proposed changes, if they wish to do so. Moderation may be approached for advice on a proposed change, but any advice proffered should always be understood under the provisio that no final decision will be made until at least 48 hours after the request has been formally submitted for approval. |
| Random quote: "Non-violence is not a garment to be put on and off at will. Its seat is in the heart, and it must be an inseparable part of our very being." - Mahatma Gandhi |