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Bill: Workers' Protection Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Movement for a Confederate Mordusia
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: October 2644
Description[?]:
| Where the local governments cannot intervene, the national government must. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy on advertising
Old value:: All advertising is permitted.
Current: All advertising is permitted.
Proposed: Only advertising that meets certain set standards is permitted.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The banking system.
Old value:: All banks are privately owned.
Current: The government operates a central bank and all other banks are private.
Proposed: The government operates a central bank and all other banks are private.
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: Employers can fire workers who are deemed to have gone on strike without reasonable reasons.
Proposed: Government approval is needed before strikers can be fired.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change The nation's policy on minimum wage regulation.
Old value:: There is no provision for a minimum wage.
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 that a full time worker on it can support a family of four without falling under the poverty line.
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 does not intervene in the marketplace with regards to Democratic Workers' Councils.
Proposed: The government requires most industries to be fully run by Democratic Workers' Councils.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 02:08:20, September 29, 2008 CET | From | Union Party | To | Debating the Workers' Protection Act |
| Message | We support except for Article five. |
| Date | 03:39:56, September 29, 2008 CET | From | Ocean Submarine League of Progress | To | Debating the Workers' Protection Act |
| Message | Article 1 is a bit sketchy for Seawave. |
| Date | 15:49:42, September 29, 2008 CET | From | Federal Republican Party (UCF) | To | Debating the Workers' Protection Act |
| Message | We denounce the MCM's socialism. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 73 | ||||
| no | Total Seats: 104 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 18 |
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