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Bill: Sympathy Strike Act of 2684
Details
Submitted by[?]: Federal Republican Party (UCF)
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: November 2685
Description[?]:
| In a capitalist, free-market country such as Mordusia, the very idea of a sympathy strike is foolish. Employees, who have no problems of their own, striking by "solidarity" for other workers? What would happen in this case, the employer would fire the strikers and seek new employees, however, this would take time, money and effort. Thus, so called "sympathy strikes" are a socialistic ideal designed to weaken industry that have no place in our society. |
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: Secondary strike action is illegal. Workers and unions can only go on strike for their own pay and conditions.
Proposed: Secondary strike action is illegal. Workers and unions can only go on strike for their own pay and conditions.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 00:02:55, December 23, 2008 CET | From | Blitzkrieg Party | To | Debating the Sympathy Strike Act of 2684 |
| Message | Yes. |
| Date | 01:38:00, December 23, 2008 CET | From | Union Party | To | Debating the Sympathy Strike Act of 2684 |
| Message | No, we support freedom of association. |
| Date | 02:18:30, December 23, 2008 CET | From | Mordusian Austrian Union | To | Debating the Sympathy Strike Act of 2684 |
| Message | Agreed with the UJP. People have the right to choose who to associate with and why. It is not the government's job to protect the interests of business, it is the government's job to protect RIGHTS. This infringes a worker's right to associate with certain groups by whatever reason he chooses. It WOULD take time, money, and effort, but that is a risk the management takes. |
| Date | 16:54:23, December 23, 2008 CET | From | Federal Republican Party (UCF) | To | Debating the Sympathy Strike Act of 2684 |
| Message | We believe this is a greater violation of managments rights, since there can be a szmpathy strike even if managment has nothing to do with it. As it will require money, it is a breach to property rights which is a more important breach than any violations the workers may be subject to. |
| Date | 18:56:32, December 23, 2008 CET | From | Union Party | To | Debating the Sympathy Strike Act of 2684 |
| Message | So the FRP supports the government telling workers when and how to work? Under our current unjust laws, employers can fire workers on strike anyway. The FRP "logic" makes no sense. They claim to be for free trade, then say that employers have a right to success and money. |
| Date | 19:03:28, December 23, 2008 CET | From | Federal Republican Party (UCF) | To | Debating the Sympathy Strike Act of 2684 |
| Message | Yes, the employers can fire workers who strike and that law has nothing unjust about it, however, it is obvious that the socialist tyrants in the UJP would not understand this. However, after firing the workers, the employers will have to spend money looking for new employees, when the whole problem could have been avoided in the first place by banning secondary strike. |
| Date | 04:30:26, December 24, 2008 CET | From | Union Party | To | Debating the Sympathy Strike Act of 2684 |
| Message | In other words, banning the right to choose when and where to work. The STATE, forcing workers to work in one place, for the same pay. And we are the socialists? |
| Date | 11:10:11, December 24, 2008 CET | From | Federal Republican Party (UCF) | To | Debating the Sympathy Strike Act of 2684 |
| Message | Indeed the UJP are socialists. Other appelations, such as fascists and communists also apply, seeing as they are all the same. |
| Date | 16:56:43, December 24, 2008 CET | From | Mordusian Austrian Union | To | Debating the Sympathy Strike Act of 2684 |
| Message | The MAU agrees with the UJP. The FRP is being a hypocrite by supporting this proposal, and the UJP arguments make sense. |
| Date | 20:59:09, December 24, 2008 CET | From | Union Party | To | Debating the Sympathy Strike Act of 2684 |
| Message | the UJP is not fascist, as we do not support a state in the traditional sense of the term. Fascism is no where close to communism. At least we are not neo cons. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 97 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 139 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 29 |
| Random fact: Unless otherwise stated, monarchs and their royal houses will be presumed to be owned by the player who introduced the bill appointing them to their position. |
| Random quote: "Envy is the cause of political division." - Democritus |