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Bill: Workers Bill
Details
Submitted by[?]: Labour Party
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: July 2944
Description[?]:
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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: Secondary strike action is illegal. Workers and unions can only go on strike for their own pay and conditions.
Proposed: Only closely related trade unions can walk out on a sympathy strike in support of other striking workers.
Article 2
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 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:: 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 all businesses to be run by Democratic Workers' Councils.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Guarantee of minimum income.
Old value:: There shall be no direct cash payments to individuals to guarantee a minimum income.
Current: All adults not supported by another person shall be guaranteed a very basic subsistence income by the government. However, the provision of this is not to exceed a certian period of time.
Proposed: All adults not supported by another person shall be guaranteed a reasonable, though not high, standard of living by the government.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change The nation's policy on minimum wage regulation.
Old value:: There shall be a minimum wage at a level that a single full time worker on it can adequately subsist.
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.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
Date | 21:31:12, May 25, 2010 CET | From | Hutorian Conservative Party | To | Debating the Workers Bill |
Message | Mr Speaker, this Bill will see our nation turned into a trade union paradise, where the government can be held to ransom over any issue by militant unions |
Date | 22:10:48, May 25, 2010 CET | From | Labour Party | To | Debating the Workers Bill |
Message | Mr Speaker, the HNP act like the unions are not democratic organisations of the working people of hutori. In fact, it could be argued that the Unions are in fact more democratic than the HNP themselves. which is probably why he fears them. The people might realise how totalitarian he is. |
Date | 22:34:27, May 25, 2010 CET | From | Hutorian Conservative Party | To | Debating the Workers Bill |
Message | Mr Speaker, given that Labour are the only party which support this Act surely has some sort of message for them? The CLP are usually reasonable and i wouldn't be shocked if they opted out for a similar reason to my own. Just more Labour Party nonsense if you ask me Mr Speaker. |
Date | 23:34:10, May 25, 2010 CET | From | Labour Party | To | Debating the Workers Bill |
Message | Mr Speaker, the fact that the labour party is the only party that supports this act only shows that the labour party is the only truley socialist party. For the case of the FFF and the CLP, it would be agreeable for them to oppose this, however for a self proclaimed socialist like the HNP to oppose this? Mr Speaker, I think our Nationalist Socialist collegues have some issues of integrity. |
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Voting
Vote | Seats | |||
yes |
Total Seats: 81 | |||
no |
Total Seats: 310 | |||
abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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