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Bill: Welfare State
Details
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: July 2628
Description[?]:
| Our current working conditions are too strict and do not take the rights of the workers into consideration, as they lead to family monopolies in our economy. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy towards daily working hours.
Old value:: The government has no policy concerning daily working hours.
Current: The government obligates trade unions and employers to negotiate the daily number of working hours.
Proposed: The government obligates trade unions and employers to negotiate the daily number of working hours.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Energy regulation.
Old value:: Energy is provided by private companies which are not subject to any special regulations.
Current: Energy is provided by nationalised companies.
Proposed: Energy is provided by private companies but the prices they can charge are regulated.
Article 3
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: Government approval is needed before strikers can be fired.
Proposed: Employers cannot fire workers who have gone on strike.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on industry and subsidies to industrial operations.
Old value:: The government does not intervene in the market nor provide any form of subsidies/relief to industries.
Current: All industry is owned and operated by the state.
Proposed: The government acts as an investor of last resort, by nationalizing failing industries that provide vital goods or services.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change Sales tax on luxury goods.
Old value:: 0
Current: 15
Proposed: 10
Article 6
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 that a full time worker on it can support a family of four without falling under the poverty line.
Proposed: There shall be a minimum wage at a level considered a "living wage," well above the poverty line for a full time worker.
Article 7
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning phone services.
Old value:: There are no regulations on phone service.
Current: Telephone lines are provided free of charge to all citizens.
Proposed: The state regulates the rates providers can charge for phone service.
Article 8
Proposal[?] to change Secondary strike action.
Old value:: Secondary strike action is illegal. Workers and unions can only go on strike for their own pay and conditions.
Current: Any trade union can go on a sympathy strike in support of other striking workers.
Proposed: Any trade union can go on a sympathy strike in support of other striking workers.
Article 9
Proposal[?] to change The workers' right to strike.
Old value:: All strikes are illegal.
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, except certain categories of workers regarded as critical to society, have the right to strike.
Article 10
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on Democratic Workers' Councils.
Old value:: Democratic Workers' Councils are not permitted to run a business.
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 | 21:57:18, August 26, 2008 CET | From | Traditional Conservative's Party | To | Debating the Welfare State |
| Message | We wil never vote for this! |
| Date | 23:48:46, August 26, 2008 CET | From | Wiedervereinigten Nationalisten | To | Debating the Welfare State |
| Message | "This is senseless regulation would result in a ridiculous level of government interference in the economy which can only possibly serve to stifle economic growth spurred by the free market conditions that we have established in Greater Hulstria. We would also like to point out that the great majority of this bill does not deal at all with 'working conditions'." -Nicolaas van der Burgh Minister of Finance DM for Hennersdam Centre |
| Date | 12:07:43, August 27, 2008 CET | From | Hōōkai | To | Debating the Welfare State |
| Message | OOC: Sorry, I named the bill like that before I added more proposals; problem solved. IC: 'This law shall bring sanity and reason in our economy and create more equality for our citizens.' Karl Leonard Freisinnige Partei Chairman FP/LP Consultant on Economic and Financial Issues |
| Date | 01:09:18, August 28, 2008 CET | From | Kaiserliche Hulsterreichische Partei | To | Debating the Welfare State |
| Message | Voting for position.. nothing more. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes |
Total Seats: 266 | |||
| no |
Total Seats: 384 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: "OOC", "IC" and "IG" are commonly-used acronyms in Particracy. "OOC" refers to comments, discussions and actions which are out-of-character, meaning they are done player-to-player rather than party-to-party. "IC" refers to in-character interactions (ie. party-to-party). Similarly, "IG" means in-game, although this term may also simply refer to what happens in the actual game interface, as opposed to on the forum or elsewhere. "RP" just means "role-play". |
| Random quote: "I don't believe you need to be bitch to succeed in business" - Lucinda Redwood, former Luthorian-Dorvish businesswoman |