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Bill: Workers Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Communist Party of Darnussia
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: November 2998
Description[?]:
| We, the CPD, have decided we must stop our constant negotiotiations and petty debates, and go back to the roots of what the CPD stands for: protecting the rights of the worker. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Employer's rights in regards to firing striking workers.
Old value:: Employers are free to fire workers who go on strike.
Current: Employers are free to fire workers who go on strike.
Proposed: Government approval is needed before strikers can be fired.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The government's stance on a salary cap.
Old value:: The government has no stance on a salary cap.
Current: The government has no stance on a salary cap.
Proposed: The government enforces a salary cap.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change The nation's policy on minimum wage regulation.
Old value:: There is no provision for a minimum wage.
Current: There shall be a minimum wage at a level that a single full time worker on it can adequately subsist.
Proposed: There shall be a minimum wage at a level considered a "living wage," well above the poverty line for a full time worker.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 07:57:29, September 12, 2010 CET | From | Communist Party of Darnussia | To | Debating the Workers Act |
| Message | The CPD asks why the Party for the Republic voted against this? |
| Date | 09:19:15, September 12, 2010 CET | From | Rerum Novarum Party | To | Debating the Workers Act |
| Message | Perhaps the party members are endowed with intelligence? It would seem the case. |
| Date | 19:30:39, September 12, 2010 CET | From | Communist Party of Darnussia | To | Debating the Workers Act |
| Message | Perhaps the party members are greedy, right-wing scum bags. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes | Total Seats: 49 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 111 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 15 |
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