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Bill: Trade Union Reform Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Catholic Political Union
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: June 3263
Description[?]:
| Trade unions are an integral part of our economy and society. Catholic social teaching upholds the role they have to play. However, the rules must be fair. No worker should be obliged to join a union against their will. Strikes should always be a last resort. And strikers should not enjoy immunity from redundancy in situations where it is completely unreasonable. Leroy Adams (Chairman of the CPU) |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Employer's rights in regards to firing striking workers.
Old value:: Employers cannot fire workers who have gone on strike.
Current: Employers are free to fire workers who go on strike.
Proposed: Employers can fire workers who are deemed to have gone on strike without reasonable reasons.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Government policy towards labor unions.
Old value:: Trade unions may exist and all workers must have membership in one.
Current: Trade unions are illegal.
Proposed: Trade unions may exist and worker membership is voluntary.
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, majority approval of those that vote is needed from its members.
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 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.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 18:13:56, February 23, 2012 CET | From | Communist Party of Telamon | To | Debating the Trade Union Reform Act |
| Message | This anti-union talk clearly shows who is representing who in this parliament. |
| Date | 12:18:41, February 24, 2012 CET | From | Catholic Political Union | To | Debating the Trade Union Reform Act |
| Message | Mr. Speaker, We emphasise that the intention behind this Bill is not anti-union, but about introducing reasonable laws which lay down an appropriate framework within which trade unions participate in our economy. Can the CPT possibly justify, for example, compelling workers to belong to a trade union whether they want to or not? Leroy Adams (Chairman of the CPU) |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes |
Total Seats: 281 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 332 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: Voters have an extra appreciation for bills that actually get passed, so if you want to maximally take profit from your votes, make sure you compromise with others. |
| 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 |