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Bill: Strengthening Unions - A Pillar of the Middle Class
Details
Submitted by[?]: United Liberal Caucus
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: August 3205
Description[?]:
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Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy towards daily working hours.
Old value:: Local governments regulates the 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.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 06:24:24, October 29, 2011 CET | From |  United Liberal Caucus | To | Debating the Strengthening Unions - A Pillar of the Middle Class |
| Message | Unions are a pillar of the middle class in that they are always on the from lines for workers. Collective bargining is the tool they use and it should not be weakened or restricted. Unions have a positive effect on the whole economy, driving up the wages and benefits for members and non-members alike by setting industry pay standards. It is time all pro-union parties fight for these important institutions. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes |
Total Seats: 130 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 260 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 35 |
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| Random quote: "In Germany they first came for the Communists and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Communist. Then they came for the Jews, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Jew. Then they came for the trade unionists and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a trade unionist. Then they came for the Catholics, and I didn't speak up because I was a Protestant. Then they came for me--and by that time no one was left to speak up." - Pastor Martin Niemoller |