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Bill: Empowering Trade Unions and Workers 2534
Details
Submitted by[?]: Trabajo y Libertad
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: June 2535
Description[?]:
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Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Employer's rights in regards to firing striking workers.
Old value:: Employers are free to fire workers who go on strike.
Current: Government approval is needed before strikers can be fired.
Proposed: Employers cannot fire workers who have gone on strike.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change
The government's policy regarding foreign investments.
Old value:: Foreign investors may freely invest in national companies.
Current: Foreign investors need to obtain government approval for all investments in national companies.
Proposed: Foreign investors may invest in national companies, but may not get a majority share.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change The nation's policy on minimum wage regulation.
Old value:: There shall be a minimum wage at a level that a single full time worker on it can adequately subsist.
Current: There shall be a minimum wage at a level that a full time worker on it can support a family of four without falling under the poverty line.
Proposed: There shall be a minimum wage at a level considered a "living wage," well above the poverty line for a full time worker.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Trade union strike ballots.
Old value:: Trade unions must by law hold a ballot of all members before going on strike, a majority of all members, regardless of if they vote or not must approve the strike action.
Current: Trade unions must by law hold a ballot of all members before going on strike, a majority of all members, regardless of if they vote or not must approve the strike action.
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.
Article 5
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 encourages the formation of Democratic Workers' Councils through subsidies and tax exemptions.
Proposed: The government encourages the formation of Democratic Workers' Councils through subsidies and tax exemptions.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 12:03:54, February 20, 2008 CET | From |  Davostan Socialist People Party | To | Debating the Empowering Trade Unions and Workers 2534 |
| Message | Yes good job |
| Date | 06:25:28, February 21, 2008 CET | From | Partido Democrático Social Verde | To | Debating the Empowering Trade Unions and Workers 2534 |
| Message | Hey, the old version is back! Don't much like article 5, but pretty good overall. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes | Total Seats: 45 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 92 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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