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Bill: Workers Protection Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Chidan 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: May 2564
Description[?]:
| Protecting the rights of the worker. |
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: Employers are free to fire workers who go on strike.
Proposed: Employers cannot fire workers who have gone on strike.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The nation's policy on minimum wage regulation.
Old value:: There is no provision for a minimum wage.
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 shall be a minimum wage at a level that a single full time worker on it can adequately subsist.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 19:55:25, April 19, 2008 CET | From |  Endralon Confederates Party | To | Debating the Workers Protection Act |
| Message | I don't see how anyone can have a right to a job. That is implying that you have a right to someone else's money, time, etc. You EARN a job, you don't just get to have it. So, yes, if you stop working, the employer has every right to fire you. Similarly, if he stops paying your or is giving you crappy benefits or pay, you have every right to stop working. |
| Date | 20:22:15, April 19, 2008 CET | From | Chidan Party | To | Debating the Workers Protection Act |
| Message | "Similarly, if he stops paying your or is giving you crappy benefits or pay, you have every right to stop working." -Exactly the reasons for striking. If any of these problems do arise, one should have the right to temporarily stop working without fear of losing the job that they put so much time into themselves. |
| Date | 00:52:16, April 20, 2008 CET | From | Endralon Confederates Party | To | Debating the Workers Protection Act |
| Message | They do have the right to stop working, however the employer has the right to fire them if they do so. That is the risk of striking. If the conditions are really that bad, then the employer most likely won't fire you, because nobody will fill the spot. However, if someone if willing to fill your spot, obviously conditions aren't too bad. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 191 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 315 | ||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 244 |
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