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Bill: STRIKE!
Details
Submitted by[?]: Independent Radical List
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 2709
Description[?]:
| The UMLG calls on workers and unions to take direct action against anti-union legislation. |
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.
Proposed: All workers have the right to strike.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 12:08:22, February 08, 2009 CET | From | Independent Radical List | To | Debating the STRIKE! |
| Message | The current position means that the more vital your job is the less rights you have, that is fundamentally unjust |
| Date | 18:20:18, February 08, 2009 CET | From | New Aloria Party (NAP) | To | Debating the STRIKE! |
| Message | However the current position means that those of high-power jobs who go on strikes have to have a minimal service. What would we do if all the teachers in one school went on strike? Shut down the school? What happened if people in the cabinet went on strike? Who takes over for them? I won't vote untill that issue is adressed. |
| Date | 18:26:51, February 08, 2009 CET | From | Independent Radical List | To | Debating the STRIKE! |
| Message | Well yes the school would shut down, why should workers have less freedom to fight for better conditions just because the government considers their job to be of special importance |
| Date | 18:37:27, February 08, 2009 CET | From | New Socialist Alliance | To | Debating the STRIKE! |
| Message | If the cabinet goes on strike the SA will gladly take over =) |
| Date | 18:45:29, February 08, 2009 CET | From | Democratic Centrist Party | To | Debating the STRIKE! |
| Message | What about hospitals? |
| Date | 19:06:37, February 08, 2009 CET | From | New Aloria Party (NAP) | To | Debating the STRIKE! |
| Message | You are right Workers should not have less freedom because the Government requires that their job be of special performance. But someone has to be able to take over immedtily if they go on strike. Can we risk a school shutting down because of a strike? Hospitals is a perfect example you can not risk a group of nurses, doctors, or anyone going on strike at one of them. I still do not support this bill, unless there are people who can immedtily step in for those who we need on the job. If they don't have enough people on call to step in we are left at a bad angle. Yes, it might seam their freedoms are being limted but, untill a system for workers on strike is brought to the National Congress (that will work) than this needs not to be passed. |
| Date | 19:16:45, February 08, 2009 CET | From | Conservative Union | To | Debating the STRIKE! |
| Message | "Well yes the school would shut down, why should workers have less freedom to fight for better conditions just because the government considers their job to be of special importance" Don't get the job then. |
| Date | 00:45:33, February 09, 2009 CET | From | Independent Radical List | To | Debating the STRIKE! |
| Message | Hospital workers, fire fighters etc. are in my experience highly committed people who will not go on strike lightly. It is very unlikely that a whole hospital, for instance, would ever be closed by strike action. We should not exploit people's admirable vocation to do caring or life saving jobs in order enact undemocratic restrictions on their rights as workers. |
| Date | 01:25:07, February 09, 2009 CET | From | New Aloria Party (NAP) | To | Debating the STRIKE! |
| Message | However if a group of nurses even five go off to strike than we are not sure if we have the people to call in. I have said before and will state again I will re-consider my stance and vote on this if a new bill is brought forth to answer our questions and a compromise is reached. Remember right now it's they only have to do a minimal amount of service that could be five hours, or 3 work days in a week. I don't think the law specifies that. |
| Date | 02:22:29, February 09, 2009 CET | From | Independent Radical List | To | Debating the STRIKE! |
| Message | OK PP, now you seem to be advocating scabbing |
| Date | 03:40:04, February 09, 2009 CET | From | New Aloria Party (NAP) | To | Debating the STRIKE! |
| Message | I don't feel I am but, I don't feel I need to go any further to make my point. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes | Total Seats: 215 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 382 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 153 |
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