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Bill: Industrial Freedom Act, 2116
Details
Submitted by[?]: Liberal Imperialist 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: April 2117
Description[?]:
| Since the Government now regulates conditions at work, strikes are unnecessary. Strikes enshrined in law allow workers to hold a company to ransom with no recourse for that company. By allowing companies to fire striking workers, we force negotiation as the workers have as little to gain from being sacked as the company does from having to sack large numbers of not easily replaceable workers. This forces compromise and negotiation, which does not happen by giving unions the ultimate power to hold companies ransom. |
Proposals
Article 1
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 strikes are illegal.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 13:41:28, September 25, 2005 CET | From | Liberal Imperialist Party | To | Debating the Industrial Freedom Act, 2116 |
| Message | [OOC: Yes, my party is going ultra-economic liberal.] |
| Date | 13:42:44, September 25, 2005 CET | From |  RSDP - Democratic Front | To | Debating the Industrial Freedom Act, 2116 |
| Message | STRONGLY opposed! This Act is a blatant violation of the workers' right to protest! This Act would effectively silence a vast majority of the population! |
| Date | 14:29:10, September 25, 2005 CET | From | Freedom Party | To | Debating the Industrial Freedom Act, 2116 |
| Message | I would have to be against this i am afraid. |
| Date | 16:38:33, September 25, 2005 CET | From | Civic Democratic Party | To | Debating the Industrial Freedom Act, 2116 |
| Message | I have to say that I am against this. The workers should be allowed to strike in order to get better wages and better benefits but they should be able to be replaced by cheaper workers during their strikes. I do not think that we should outlaw strikes and will thus vote against this. |
| Date | 20:29:32, September 25, 2005 CET | From | Conservative Party | To | Debating the Industrial Freedom Act, 2116 |
| Message | Against. Freedom of contract allows striking. |
| Date | 23:35:05, September 25, 2005 CET | From | Liberal Imperialist Party | To | Debating the Industrial Freedom Act, 2116 |
| Message | Legalised strikes are unnecessary - they allow workers to hold a company to ransom. This way, BOTH parties lose out if a dispute is forced to strike, not just the business, which is a much fairer situation. |
| Date | 12:06:30, September 26, 2005 CET | From | Liberal Imperialist Party | To | Debating the Industrial Freedom Act, 2116 |
| Message | [OOC: Since I know this isnt going to go through anyway - I put to vote.] |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes |
Total Seats: 126 | |||
| no |
Total Seats: 387 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 86 |
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