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Bill: Labour reform act 2794
Details
Submitted by[?]: Liberty Party
Status[?]: passed
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: September 2795
Description[?]:
| Implements more freedom in labour relations. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy towards daily working hours.
Old value:: The government obligates trade unions and employers to negotiate the daily number of working hours.
Current: Daily working hours are regulated by the government.
Proposed: The government has no policy concerning daily working hours.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Employer's rights in regards to firing striking workers.
Old value:: Government approval is needed before strikers can be fired.
Current: Employers cannot fire workers who have gone on strike.
Proposed: Employers are free to fire workers who go on strike.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change The nation's policy on minimum wage regulation.
Old value:: There shall be a minimum wage at a level considered a "living wage," well above the poverty line for a full time worker.
Current: There shall be a minimum wage at a level considered a "living wage," well above the poverty line for a full time worker.
Proposed: There is no provision for a minimum wage.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Trade union strike ballots.
Old value:: Trade unions must by law hold a ballot of all members before going on strike, a majority of all members, regardless of if they vote or not must approve the strike action.
Current: Trade unions must by law hold a ballot of all members before going on strike, a majority of all members, regardless of if they vote or not must approve the strike action.
Proposed: Trade unions are not required by law to hold a ballot before striking.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on Democratic Workers' Councils.
Old value:: The government encourages the formation of Democratic Workers' Councils through subsidies and tax exemptions.
Current: The government encourages the formation of Democratic Workers' Councils through subsidies and tax exemptions.
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 | 01:24:09, July 31, 2009 CET | From | National Conservative Party | To | Debating the Labour reform act 2794 |
| Message | Yes LP we must revert these socialistic, power to the government not the people, ideals. |
| Date | 04:41:56, July 31, 2009 CET | From | Alorian Confederation of Labor | To | Debating the Labour reform act 2794 |
| Message | The ACoL is opposed to this but is willing to negotiate a compromise. |
| Date | 05:48:10, July 31, 2009 CET | From | Liberty Party | To | Debating the Labour reform act 2794 |
| Message | We would think that article 4, freeing trade unions from government intervention, would please the ACoL. The LP believes trade unions should create their own rules to decide when to strike, just as companies should be free to fire the workers if they deem their demands are not in their best interests. |
| Date | 06:09:41, July 31, 2009 CET | From | Alorian Confederation of Labor | To | Debating the Labour reform act 2794 |
| Message | Article 4 is in fact enticing the ACoL. Perhaps Articles 1 and 3 could be changed to more local options if availible? |
| Date | 07:16:38, July 31, 2009 CET | From | Liberty Party | To | Debating the Labour reform act 2794 |
| Message | The LP is not willing to compromise on these issues. We do not believe government, local or otherwise, should have any say on the worker's salary or hours. We would like the ACoL's vote, but would also understand its reasoned and principled opposition to it. |
| Date | 07:43:40, July 31, 2009 CET | From | Alorian Confederation of Labor | To | Debating the Labour reform act 2794 |
| Message | Fair Enough, on taking a second look the ACoL, a simple change of Article 2 to being able to fire workers who are deemed to have gone on strike for no reason, or the similar option will simply be enough to gain the vote of the ACoL seeing as minimum wages can in fact be counter productive. |
| Date | 12:26:11, July 31, 2009 CET | From | Liberty Party | To | Debating the Labour reform act 2794 |
| Message | We believe that firing the worker, for whatever reason, is something to be decided among the employer and the employee, and according to the contract they have among them. The LP wholeheartedly supports the right of employees to strike, but they must do so in full awareness of what this right and responsibility entails. We believe that workers do not have a monopoly on their jobs, or the right to protect them from competition from another worker. If workers choose to strike, they better be sure that no one else wants the job that they don't want in those conditions. We do not judge, and do not think the state should either, what is reason enough for a worker to go on strike. We think workers can stop for wages, conditions or even lack of candy in the workplace. The negotiation is to happen among only the employer and employee, the state should have no role. For that reason, we are still not willing to compromise on article 2, but we appreciate the ACoL's input and are sure that its concerns stem from a deep caring, however misguided, for the citizens of Aloria. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes |
Total Seats: 301 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 146 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 53 |
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