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Bill: Employees' Rights Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Liberal Democratic Party of Luthori
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: January 2735
Description[?]:
| These three articles point out ways in which our Government is putting unnecessary regulation on society. In a free market, it is up to individual businesses to decide how their company operates - there should be no restrictions on how they are run or who runs them. Similarly, in a libertarian free market society, all workers should have the right to strike. There is absolutely no reason for the Government to regulate against this. At the same time, businesses must have the right to fire these workers who strike, if they choose to do so. |
Proposals
Article 1
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 2
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 have the right to strike.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on Democratic Workers' Councils.
Old value:: Democratic Workers' Councils are not permitted to run a business.
Current: The government does not intervene in the marketplace with regards to Democratic Workers' Councils.
Proposed: The government does not intervene in the marketplace with regards to Democratic Workers' Councils.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 15:58:47, March 31, 2009 CET | From | Constitutionalist Imperial League (IA) | To | Debating the Employees' Rights Act |
| Message | "The Geharon Conservatives oppose this act, strikers can be fired anyway, and this legislation is unnecessary in our opinion, furthermore, so-called Democratic Workers Councils are nothing but fronts for communism, a vile ideology that we must fight. For the free market to prevail, we must oppose this bill." -Sir Dale Primo, League VIcemaster, head of the Geharon COnservatives "The Homeland Libertarians minority faction in the League support this bill as an advancement of liberty, however, due to our party majority, the League will undoubtebly oppose the act." -Isaac Stevenson, League Governor, head of the Homeland Libertarians |
| Date | 04:21:45, April 01, 2009 CET | From | Liberal Democratic Party of Luthori | To | Debating the Employees' Rights Act |
| Message | Under our current laws, employees who choose to strike can be arrested and detained by police. This is completely unnecessary and violates the rights of our citizens. If an employer chooses to fire his striking employees, he is free to do so, but putting them in jail does absolutely nothing except take away rights from our citizens which they deserve to have. Again, as per our Anti Military Discrimination Act, we are disappointed but not at all surprised that the CIL will continue to support the violation of civil rights. -LDP Chairman Jonathon Churchwood |
| Date | 20:58:14, April 01, 2009 CET | From | Constitutionalist Imperial League (IA) | To | Debating the Employees' Rights Act |
| Message | "We do not believe prison to be a very constructive solution for such non-violent criminals, striking employees would simply be fined we believe." -His Grace, Franz Jackson, 2nd Duke of Geharon |
| Date | 10:00:34, April 02, 2009 CET | From | Liberal Democratic Party of Luthori | To | Debating the Employees' Rights Act |
| Message | Perhaps the CIL would like to explain to us all why it is the responsibility of the police or the government to punish employees who are poor workers? Employers are the ones in charge of these employees and they should be the only ones who hand out punishments to them. I offer my sympathy to the members of the Homeland Libertarians who are seemingly ignored by their fascist, authoritarian counterparts. -LDP Chairman Jonathon Churchwood |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 13 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 133 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 54 |
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