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Bill: Senate Resolution 225: Middle Class Protection 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: March 3074
Description[?]:
| SR 225: MCPA |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy towards daily working hours.
Old value:: The government has no policy concerning daily working hours.
Current: The government has no policy concerning daily working hours.
Proposed: The government obligates trade unions and employers to negotiate the daily number of working hours.
Article 2
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 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 | 03:38:56, February 09, 2011 CET | From |  Labour Party | To | Debating the Senate Resolution 225: Middle Class Protection Act |
| Message | We are pleased to be able to boost the working men and women of Solentia to a higher standard of living. Ryan Fay Social Democratic Chancellor |
| Date | 05:49:43, February 09, 2011 CET | From | Conservative Party of Solentia | To | Debating the Senate Resolution 225: Middle Class Protection Act |
| Message | "Mr. Premier, The CPS cannot support this legislation due to article 2, which gives unions the potential to take advantage of the worker. I yield the floor." Sheila Harrison, Minister of Internal Affairs, CPS Chairman |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes |
Total Seats: 135 | |||
| no |
Total Seats: 271 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 19 |
| Random fact: Treaties will be eligible for deletion if they are more than 50 in-game years old and have no currently ratified members. |
| Random quote: "I am a conservative to preserve all that is good in our constitution, a radical to remove all that is bad. I seek to preserve property and to respect order, and I equally decry the appeal to the passions of the many or the prejudices of the few." - Benjamin Disraeli |