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Bill: Wirtschaft- und Arbeitsgezetz, 3434
Details
Submitted by[?]: Hosianisch-Demokratisches Verbund
Status[?]: passed
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 3435
Description[?]:
| A BILL to reform the labour market and promote economic growth. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Secondary strike action.
Old value:: Any trade union can go on a sympathy strike in support of other striking workers.
Current: Any trade union can go on a sympathy strike in support of other striking workers.
Proposed: Secondary strike action is illegal. Workers and unions can only go on strike for their own pay and conditions.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The workers' right to strike.
Old value:: All workers have the right to strike.
Current: All workers have the right to strike but certain categories of workers regarded as critical to society have to ensure a minimal service.
Proposed: All workers have the right to strike but certain categories of workers regarded as critical to society have to ensure a minimal service.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on Democratic Workers' Councils.
Old value:: The government encourages the formation of Democratic Workers' Councils through subsidies and tax exemptions.
Current: The government encourages the formation of Democratic Workers' Councils through subsidies and tax exemptions.
Proposed: The government does not intervene in the marketplace with regards to Democratic Workers' Councils.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 18:47:19, February 01, 2013 CET | From |  Internationale Kommunistische Partei | To | Debating the Wirtschaft- und Arbeitsgezetz, 3434 |
| Message | 'Promote economic growth' to the cost of the people. |
| Date | 18:52:15, February 01, 2013 CET | From | Hosianisch-Demokratisches Verbund | To | Debating the Wirtschaft- und Arbeitsgezetz, 3434 |
| Message | We do not view it as such the HDV believes very much in the power of people, communities and society. When people come together in mutual interest, great things can happen. But Democratic Workers' Councils running businesses is not at all in the mutual interest of all those involved, nor does it result in the optimum outcome for society. In a similar vein, allowing strikes to cripple our economy and to endanger vital public services, especially where the worker himself is not striking for pay and conditions in his own line of work, will not benefit society as a whole. The unions are not the people. Valued though they are as a partner in economic, wellfare and labour policies, we do not believe that we should promote solely their interest at the expense of society's. |
| Date | 19:06:31, February 01, 2013 CET | From | Hosianisch-Demokratisches Verbund | To | Debating the Wirtschaft- und Arbeitsgezetz, 3434 |
| Message | OOC: there should, of course, be a period after such. |
| Date | 19:51:32, February 01, 2013 CET | From | Internationale Kommunistische Partei | To | Debating the Wirtschaft- und Arbeitsgezetz, 3434 |
| Message | 'Democratic Workers' Councils running businesses is not at all in the mutual interest of all those involved, nor does it result in the optimum outcome for society.' And why is that? |
| Date | 21:41:38, February 01, 2013 CET | From | Sozialdemokratische Arbeiterpartei | To | Debating the Wirtschaft- und Arbeitsgezetz, 3434 |
| Message | No way am I supporting this. |
| Date | 19:31:17, February 02, 2013 CET | From | Allianz für Freiheit | To | Debating the Wirtschaft- und Arbeitsgezetz, 3434 |
| Message | The AF supports this legislation. While we value the benefits that Democratic Workers' Councils ensure for the workers, we do not believe that such organizations should be subsidized by the government. We are also especially opposed to secondary strike action. We value the rights of workers to go on strike for their own pay and working conditions, but we cannot support policy that has the potential to shut down entire sectors of our economy as workers walk out in sympathy. We're a bit on the fence with regard to Article 2, but we will not oppose it in the face of the much needed reforms brought by Articles 1 and 3. -Leon Kluge, Staatssekretar (Junior Minister) for Trade and Industry |
| Date | 20:27:05, February 02, 2013 CET | From | Sozialdemokratische Arbeiterpartei | To | Debating the Wirtschaft- und Arbeitsgezetz, 3434 |
| Message | Well, at the very least I'll have something to repeal if/when I get in government. |
| Date | 20:43:20, February 02, 2013 CET | From | Allianz für Freiheit | To | Debating the Wirtschaft- und Arbeitsgezetz, 3434 |
| Message | OOC: Yeah, the back and forth on labor issues and other economic issues is going to be a trademark of the division between the blocs. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||
| yes | Total Seats: 404 | ||
| no | Total Seats: 346 | ||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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