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Bill: Competition for Workers Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Populist Liberal 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: September 2151
Description[?]:
| If unions were legal, we would not be proposing this. However, since they currently are not, we hereby propose that we encourage some companies tp be run by Democratic Workers Councils, who would compete for labor with traditional companies and thus push those companies to improve their treatment of workers to retain them. |
Proposals
Article 1
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: The government does not intervene in the marketplace with regards to Democratic Workers' Councils.
Proposed: The government encourages the formation of Democratic Workers' Councils through subsidies and tax exemptions.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 11:12:39, December 05, 2005 CET | From |  Kanjoran Socialist Party | To | Debating the Competition for Workers Act |
| Message | I have already created a system that does what you propose. http://82.238.75.178:8085/particracy/main/viewbill.php?billid=34222 |
| Date | 12:29:56, December 05, 2005 CET | From | Yehudi Aliyah | To | Debating the Competition for Workers Act |
| Message | Trade unions are essential to a fair marketplace for workers. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 245 | ||||||
| no |
Total Seats: 504 | ||||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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