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Bill: Industrial Action.
Details
Submitted by[?]: United Front for Marxism
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: October 2142
Description[?]:
| All workers should have the right to show solidarity with all other workers, there can be no exceptions. What right do those too apathetic to vote have to prevent dynamic workers from taking action? |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Secondary strike action.
Old value:: Only closely related trade unions can walk out 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: Any trade union can go on a sympathy strike in support of other striking workers.
Article 2
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, majority approval of those that vote is needed from its members.
Proposed: Trade unions must by law hold a ballot of all members before going on strike, majority approval of those that vote is needed from its members.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 19:02:47, November 17, 2005 CET | From |  Communist Party of New Endralon | To | Debating the Industrial Action. |
| Message | #2 yes. #1 no. Bad. |
| Date | 19:55:56, November 17, 2005 CET | From | II / Newsnight Faction | To | Debating the Industrial Action. |
| Message | This bill allows the following scenario: 1. Communication workers union boss and energy union boss meet in private, to discuss their refused bribe to the head of government and the ensuing calls for a criminal trial. 2. These two men decide to call in favours with their fellow union bosses and friends. 3. Five unions in total hold "strike ballots" each with 100 or fewer of a total 15 million union members present. These elections are private, no one else knows whats going on. 4. All five unions involved pass votes to go on all out strike. One union passed it seven votes to nil, despite their 500,000 membership. 5. A general strike is held the next week and the government comes under heavy pressure while food stores empty, hospitals run on generators and the entire economy crashes. 6. The head of government is impeached and one of the union bosses is appointed to his tribunal. A thousand other scenarios are possible. All 100% legal according to this proposed law. So I vote no. |
| Date | 19:59:51, November 17, 2005 CET | From |  Pàrtaidh Sòisealach na h- Endralon | To | Debating the Industrial Action. |
| Message | I vote no on the 2nd, There are no Union full time officials, gaining a bosses wage so if they decide to get out of line they will be decapitated by the workers Defence Force. Also All Stewards, full timers etc have a right to be re called at any time so if they try out they will get chopped. |
| Date | 20:02:35, November 17, 2005 CET | From | II / Newsnight Faction | To | Debating the Industrial Action. |
| Message | The point being, only the word of the law can be enforced. We're talking about the stuff coup de etat's are made of. |
| Date | 01:02:28, November 18, 2005 CET | From | Nihilist Fascist Collegiality | To | Debating the Industrial Action. |
| Message | Hear hear, II. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes | Total Seats: 119 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 363 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 17 |
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