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Bill: right to strike
Details
Submitted by[?]: Seosavists Republican 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: December 2142
Description[?]:
| Everyone should have a right to strike. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The workers' right to strike.
Old value:: All workers, except certain categories of workers regarded as critical to society, have the right to strike.
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 but certain categories of workers regarded as critical to society have to ensure a minimal service.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 02:17:57, November 13, 2005 CET | From | Luthori Green Party | To | Debating the right to strike |
| Message | YEs. |
| Date | 03:28:28, November 13, 2005 CET | From | Social Calvinist Unionist Party | To | Debating the right to strike |
| Message | Sure. |
| Date | 23:56:18, November 13, 2005 CET | From | Covenanters (IA) | To | Debating the right to strike |
| Message | So if HM Armed Forces are on strike, providing a minimum home defence service, what happens to our foreign policy objectives and treaty obligations? |
| Date | 00:29:58, November 14, 2005 CET | From | United Conservative Party | To | Debating the right to strike |
| Message | NO!! Absolutely NOT. Unless of course you mean the right for hereditary landowners to strike their serfs if they get uppity. |
| Date | 18:40:18, November 14, 2005 CET | From | Seosavists Republican party | To | Debating the right to strike |
| Message | "what happens to our foreign policy objectives and treaty obligations?" That would be part of a minimal service and anything the military would strike about should be looked into immediately we don't want an ineffective army or an anti-government army, which if they are stopped from getting what they need is what would happen. |
| Date | 23:46:36, November 14, 2005 CET | From | United Conservative Party | To | Debating the right to strike |
| Message | Strikers should be sacked, gaoled, shot or burned ... relative to the situation, of course. There is no such thing as a military "strike" unless you're talking about attacking the enemy. A withdrawal of services by military personnel is usually called "mutiny". Mutineers are, naturally, shot! |
| Date | 23:54:27, November 14, 2005 CET | From | Covenanters (IA) | To | Debating the right to strike |
| Message | As are deserters. The same rules should apply to firefighters and medical personnel. |
| Date | 10:35:21, November 15, 2005 CET | From | United Conservative Party | To | Debating the right to strike |
| Message | Quite right, my good sir! And policemen, customs officials, prison warders, teachers, workers in essential industries (like armaments and dock labour), bankers, news media, electricity maintenance and supply -- and ice-cream makers. Actually, the more I reflect on it ... is there ANYONE who should be ALLOWED to strike? I mean, in a society of equals, we can't only workers in essential industries to "self-sacrifice" without asking others to do likewise. No, no. The right to strike should be abolished. Forthwith. |
| Date | 10:36:18, November 15, 2005 CET | From | United Conservative Party | To | Debating the right to strike |
| Message | *... can't only ask workers ...* |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 362 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 299 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 89 |
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