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Bill: Senate Resolution 201: Workers' Liberties Identification Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Federal Independent 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 2985
Description[?]:
| SR 201: WLIA |
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: 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 workers have the right to strike but certain categories of workers regarded as critical to society have to ensure a minimal service.
Current: All strikes are illegal.
Proposed: All workers have the right to strike.
Article 3
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 4
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: Democratic Workers' Councils are not permitted to run a business.
Proposed: The government requires most industries to be fully run by Democratic Workers' Councils.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 11:29:59, August 16, 2010 CET | From |  Social Justice Party | To | Debating the Senate Resolution 201: Workers' Liberties Identification Act |
| Message | The SDLP cannot support Article 2 of this bill, we believe that this would lead to the destabilisation and fracturing of the unions as well as their ability to operate in a democratic, cohesive fashion. We would fully support a revised bill leaving out article 2. Regards, Allan Krom SDLP Trade and Industry Spokesperson |
| Date | 18:33:21, August 16, 2010 CET | From | Federal Independent Party | To | Debating the Senate Resolution 201: Workers' Liberties Identification Act |
| Message | With respect to Mr. Krom, Article 2 is in fact a step to protect union members and their respective trade union from over bureaucratic regulation by the Ministry of Trade & Industry. By requiring a drawn out voting session in which the union is forced to abide by a federal arbitrator who in fact in may indeed be a corporate bourgeoisie appointee by a reactionary force, the union risks its ability to competitively play in the business world. This unnecessary regulation only allows businesses more time to crush union attempts and to replace workers with scabs. Also, most unions require a vote regardless of the law as it is written into their electoral process. Should that be broken, a union member may report such activity and work from within the union to amend the issue. Unions are a highly democratic force and can be trusted to regulate themselves. Ultimately, I hope that you will see that this is nothing more than an attempt to keep the workers from winning their battles. FIP Senator Marc Vetal |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes | Total Seats: 13 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 77 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 10 |
| Random fact: "Treaty-locking", or ratifiying treaties that completely or nearly completely forbid any proposals to change laws, is not allowed. Amongst other possible sanctions, Moderation reserves the discretion to delete treaties and/or subject parties to a seat reset if this is necessary in order to reverse a treaty-lock situation. |
| Random quote: "With this faith we will be able to work together, to pray together, to struggle together, to go to jail together, to stand up for freedom together, knowing that we will be free one day." - Martin Luther King Jr. |