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Bill: The Daft-Heartless National Labor Relations Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: ChaZown / Democratic Zionist Labor Party
Status[?]: passed
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 2501
Description[?]:
| An Act to ensure peaceful labor-management relations |
Proposals
Article 1
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: Only closely related trade unions can walk out on a sympathy strike in support of other striking workers.
Article 2
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 have the right to strike but certain categories of workers regarded as critical to society have to ensure a minimal service.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Trade union strike ballots.
Old value:: Trade unions are not required by law to hold a ballot before striking.
Current: Trade unions are not required by law to hold a ballot before striking.
Proposed: Trade unions must by law hold a ballot of all members before going on strike, majority approval of those that vote is needed from its members.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 04:40:23, December 14, 2007 CET | From | ChaZown / Democratic Zionist Labor Party | To | Debating the The Daft-Heartless National Labor Relations Act |
| Message | Distinguished members, ladies and gentlemen of the Knesset: The FFFP proposes this labor relations reform bill to better balance the right to strike against the essential needs of the country. Under our current laws, all workers, including the police and firefighters, can strike. Moreover, the police and firefighters could strike just to express "sympathy" for, say, the teachers union or the steelworkers or the coffee store baristas, or the furriers or haberdashers. And the employer isn't permitted to fire them, even if by striking they let criminals burn down the country. And to add insult to injury, rogue unionists can strike even if the majority of their comrades disagree with the action! Our current laws afford rabble-rousing troublemakers too much power. We believe in unions and the right to strike, but if we are going to recognize the right of employees to strike without being fired, we need to demand some responsibility on their part too. We believe our bill imposes a sensible balance. (OOC: The title of the bill is a parody of the American "Taft-Hartley National Labor-Management Relations Act, " which actually is far more biased in favor of the employer than my modest proposal, but contains a ban on secondary strikes and, IIRC, strikes by essential public servants). |
| Date | 17:52:11, December 14, 2007 CET | From | Am Echad, Pays Libre | To | Debating the The Daft-Heartless National Labor Relations Act |
| Message | Viva la FFPF! |
| Date | 21:45:38, December 14, 2007 CET | From | Robotic Anarcho Syndicalistic Party | To | Debating the The Daft-Heartless National Labor Relations Act |
| Message | We approve, especially of the OOC portion. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 157 | ||||
| no | Total Seats: 87 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 116 |
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