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Bill: Trade Union Freedom bill
Details
Submitted by[?]: People's Revolutionary Socialist 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: February 2584
Description[?]:
| Removing all restrictions on the rights of union members to organise as they see fit |
Proposals
Article 1
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: Secondary strike action is illegal. Workers and unions can only go on strike for their own pay and conditions.
Proposed: Any trade union can go 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 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 3
Proposal[?] to change Trade union strike ballots.
Old value:: 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.
Current: 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.
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 | 03:01:59, May 29, 2008 CET | From | Party For Social Reform | To | Debating the Trade Union Freedom bill |
| Message | We agree with Articles 1,2 but disagree with article 3, and feel that it is too undemocratic. Regardless, due to the first two articles we shall support it. |
| Date | 03:08:12, May 29, 2008 CET | From | People's Revolutionary Socialist Party | To | Debating the Trade Union Freedom bill |
| Message | It is undemocratic for the state to tell a worker's organisation how to conduct it's internal business, that is why we oppose state mandated elections in unions. |
| Date | 06:03:34, May 29, 2008 CET | From | Technocratic Nationalist Party | To | Debating the Trade Union Freedom bill |
| Message | It is undesirable for workers to have the power to cripple the State. The DRGP is going to ruin Dorvik. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 149 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 350 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: Once approved, players should copy Cultural Protocols into a bill in the debate section of their nation page, under the title of "OOC: Cultural Protocols". This bill should include links to the passed Cultural Protocol bill and the Moderation approval. |
| Random quote: "If liberty and equality, as is thought by some are chiefly to be found in democracy, they will be best attained when all persons alike share in the government to the utmost." - Aristotle |