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Bill: Industrial Fairness Bill 2616
Details
Submitted by[?]: New Liberal Party
Status[?]: passed
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: December 2616
Description[?]:
| "The corporations of our nation shan't be held to ransom by militant unionists without proper reason or authorisation by members to strike." Warwick Stake Minister for Trade and Industry |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Secondary strike action.
Old value:: Any trade union can go 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 2
Proposal[?] to change Trade union strike ballots.
Old value:: Trade unions are not required by law to hold a ballot before striking.
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 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.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 10:42:07, August 04, 2008 CET | From |  Federal Rutanian Libertarian Union | To | Debating the Industrial Fairness Bill 2616 |
| Message | Beautiful, absolutely beautiful. Haha. |
| Date | 11:24:53, August 04, 2008 CET | From | Rutanian Democratic Forum | To | Debating the Industrial Fairness Bill 2616 |
| Message | First of all, Mr. Stake, at this moment when I'm holding this speech in front of our National Congress, you are not Minister of Trade and Industry, because new government still isn't in power. Second of all, we see this as return to neoliberal and capitalistic society dominated entirely by profit, and not by interests of society and individuals. Military unionists? What are you talking about?? Rutania is a safe nation, there isn't any military unionists, and every worker as a citizen has a right to express his own opinion. Going on strike is one of this opinions. Third, Article 2 was altered by our party with this reason: We are a free country, and we cannot by law tell the people and their organizations what to do and how to behave. Trade unions should by themself decide if they must hold a ballot or not. Law cannot prescribe this!! It is clear that the new government, under the idea of some "liberalism" and "personal freedom" will actually decrease human rights in Rutania, and introduce a police state in some "undetectable manner": People are free to do everything, unless that is not limited by making profit from great corporations. Rutanian Democratic Forum, beeing a center party with social liberal ideology, cannot stand this. We have fought for better Rutania last 35 years! And now, despite good cooperation between Conservatives and RDF, you are ruining this, and we go back to pre-2580 condition when only the profit dominated all the politics in Rutania. We will not tolerate this! |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes |
Total Seats: 436 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 163 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: By default the head of government is the ultimate authority within a national government. In general terms, heads of government are expected to consult with cabinet colleagues (including those from other parties) before making significant decisions but they remain responsible for government action. |
| Random quote: "When the people are being beaten with a stick, they are not much happier if it is called 'the People's Stick.'" - Mikhail Bakunin |