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Bill: Economic Freedom Act #5
Details
Submitted by[?]: Capitalist Working Families
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 2566
Description[?]:
| "Logic 101": A = The Right(s) of Workers & CITIZENS B = (a) The Right to FREEDOM of CONTRACT & (b) The to Right to FREEDOM of ASSOCIATION C = The Right to ORGANIZE (lit.: associate in a Union) & **Collectively** Bargain (Contract) with their Employers in the FREE MARKET!!! P.S.: As for the provision of the "mininum wage," the CWFP is of the sound assertion that workers in "Mickey Ds" should NOT work for some crappy "minimum wage" but instead have a **guraranteed** Right to ORGANIZE and COLLECTIVELY BARGAIN for a just wage as well as benefits etc. Thanks again. If A = B, and B=C, there therefore it can be LOGICALLY concluded that A = C!!! Thank you for your full support. |
Proposals
Article 1
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 cannot fire workers who have gone 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 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 considered a "living wage," well above the poverty line for a full time worker.
Proposed: There is no provision for a minimum wage.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Secondary strike action.
Old value:: Only closely related trade unions can walk out 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: Secondary strike action is illegal. Workers and unions can only go on strike for their own pay and conditions.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change The workers' right to strike.
Old value:: All workers have the right to strike but certain categories of workers regarded as critical to society have to ensure a minimal service.
Current: All workers have the right to strike but certain categories of workers regarded as critical to society have to ensure a minimal service.
Proposed: All workers have the right to strike.
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 | 18:43:46, April 23, 2008 CET | From | Rutanian Democratic Forum | To | Debating the Economic Freedom Act #5 |
| Message | We will vote no, because we do not support all of the articles. |
| Date | 20:44:17, April 23, 2008 CET | From | Capitalist Working Families | To | Debating the Economic Freedom Act #5 |
| Message | RDF, what proposals are you specifically opposed to? |
| Date | 20:45:29, April 23, 2008 CET | From | Rutanian Democratic Forum | To | Debating the Economic Freedom Act #5 |
| Message | 2,3, and 5. |
| Date | 21:01:18, April 23, 2008 CET | From | Capitalist Working Families | To | Debating the Economic Freedom Act #5 |
| Message | (2) RDF, in a FREE society, it is NOT the perogative (duty) of government to dictate the price of labor or other commodities (wages). Rather, wages should be set VOLUNTARILY by the employees and employer in union negotiation. (3) RDF, why should the autoworkers union in the North "strike" when the teachers' union in the 500 miles South is striking??? Can't workers just strike for their OWN pay and conditions out of fairness? (5) I'm honestly confused at your opposition to this provision. This proposal is inherently PRO-worker as it enables the WORKERS to own the means of the production [Marxism]. |
| Date | 22:13:54, April 23, 2008 CET | From | Rutanian Democratic Forum | To | Debating the Economic Freedom Act #5 |
| Message | ad 2. That has nothing to do with the "free" society. As we already put it, real freedom is the freedom of one's thought, not freedom to do what one wants to do. This has something to do with regulation of market. We already said that we do not support market without regulation, there's no such thing as free _and_ effective market (want some real life example? oil, food prices..). Also, there can be no agreement between employees and employers, they have radically different interest. RDF supports socially responsible society and state, so we support some minimum wage , because everyone should be able to live from his own work. That doesn't have to some big minimum wage, but there should be some social measures. ad 3. We believe in basic right of human individual to freely express his opinion. Secondary strike is a way to show someone's opinion, and also a way to do the political pressure on the government. And the people have the right to do that. Of course, in some boundaries, there should be some strike regulation, but we are against secondary strike prohibition. ad 5. We are not marxists :)) that represents an overregulation, and we do not support. RDF supports greater involvement of workers in ownership and management, but without tax exemptions and subsidies. For now. :) |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes | Total Seats: 0 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 338 | ||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 261 |
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