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Bill: Labour (Trade Union Strike Ballots) Amendment Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Judicial Union Party
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 2538
Description[?]:
| An act to remove state regulation of union voting. |
Proposals
Article 1
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 are not required by law to hold a ballot before striking.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 02:10:38, February 25, 2008 CET | From | Judicial Union Party | To | Debating the Labour (Trade Union Strike Ballots) Amendment Act |
| Message | Unions are like any other organisation, and should be able to regulate their internal policies themselves. |
| Date | 03:22:47, February 25, 2008 CET | From | Tukarali Graenix Party | To | Debating the Labour (Trade Union Strike Ballots) Amendment Act |
| Message | Nope |
| Date | 07:51:22, February 25, 2008 CET | From | JDW Tukarali Greens Party | To | Debating the Labour (Trade Union Strike Ballots) Amendment Act |
| Message | oppose |
| Date | 13:17:51, February 25, 2008 CET | From | Rightist Party | To | Debating the Labour (Trade Union Strike Ballots) Amendment Act |
| Message | opposed |
| Date | 18:30:07, February 25, 2008 CET | From | Tukarali Popular Party | To | Debating the Labour (Trade Union Strike Ballots) Amendment Act |
| Message | Opposed, this law reassure the people a certain level of influence over the unions they are members of, and should be respected. |
| Date | 03:28:45, February 26, 2008 CET | From | Rightist Party | To | Debating the Labour (Trade Union Strike Ballots) Amendment Act |
| Message | defeated |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes | Total Seats: 146 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 311 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 43 |
| Random fact: Any RP law granting extraordinary "emergency powers" or dictator-like powers to a government must be passed by at least a 2/3rds majority, but (like all RP laws) may always be overturned by a simple majority vote of the legislature. |
| Random quote: "I have no faith in political arithmetic." - Adam Smith |