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Bill: Trade Union Reform Bill
Details
Submitted by[?]: National Farmers' 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: August 2141
Description[?]:
| To create a more flexible labour market, which still has some protection of workers, and to remove positive discrimination where minorities are given preferential selection over others with higher qualifications. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Positive discrimination.
Old value:: The government encourages positive discrimination and enforces it for government hiring.
Current: The government does not regulate hiring policies.
Proposed: No form of positive discrimination is permitted.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Secondary strike action.
Old value:: Any trade union can go on a sympathy strike in support of other striking workers.
Current: Only closely related trade unions can walk out on a sympathy strike in support of other striking workers.
Proposed: Secondary strike action is illegal. Workers and unions can only go on strike for their own pay and conditions.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Trade union strike ballots.
Old value:: Trade unions are not required by law to hold a ballot before striking.
Current: Trade unions are not required by law to hold a ballot before striking.
Proposed: 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.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on Democratic Workers' Councils.
Old value:: The government requires all businesses to be run by Democratic Workers' Councils.
Current: The government requires all businesses to be run by Democratic Workers' Councils.
Proposed: Democratic Workers' Councils are not permitted to run a business.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 15:24:21, November 15, 2005 CET | From | Anarchist-Communist League | To | Debating the Trade Union Reform Bill |
| Message | If article 4 passes, we will be left with no option but to use force to prevent the expropriation of democratic workplaces. You will not steal the property of our workers from them. |
| Date | 22:38:05, November 15, 2005 CET | From | National Farmers' Party | To | Debating the Trade Union Reform Bill |
| Message | We're not stealing anything; they're just not allowed to have them. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 191 | ||||
| no | Total Seats: 139 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 71 |
| Random fact: Players have a responsibility to make a reasonable effort to be accurate when communicating the rules to other players. Any player who manipulatively misleads another player about the rules will be subject to sanction. |
| Random quote: "Soldiers are not the enemies of the movement. They're potential allies. They're more than that. Soldiers are the only people in America who are paying a stiff price for this war. Everybody else profits. Soldiers are the ones losing their lives, losing friends, having their lives disrupted. The real victims of American imperialism are its soldiers." - Fred Gardner |