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Bill: The Adam Smith Free Market & Worker Organization Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Capitalist Working Families
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: May 3483
Description[?]:
This bill seeks to establish that workers' conditions and pay must be stipulated by a PRIVATE free market oriented collective bargaining contract instead of by government decree. Collective bargaining rights have been officially endorsed from Adam Smith (The Father of Capitalism) to Sen. Barry Goldwater (R-AZ) (The Father of Libertarianism). |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Collective bargaining
Old value:: Local governments decide whether to allow collective bargaining
Current: Public and private sector employees have the right to collectively bargain
Proposed: Public and private sector employees have the right to collectively bargain
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy towards daily working hours.
Old value:: Local governments regulates the daily working hours.
Current: Daily working hours are regulated by the government.
Proposed: The government obligates trade unions and employers to negotiate the daily number of working hours.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change The nation's policy on minimum wage regulation.
Old value:: There shall be a minimum wage at a level considered a "living wage," well above the poverty line for a full time worker.
Current: There shall be a minimum wage at a level considered a "living wage," well above the poverty line for a full time worker.
Proposed: There is no provision for a minimum wage.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 00:07:04, May 10, 2013 CET | From | Workers' Solidarity Movement | To | Debating the The Adam Smith Free Market & Worker Organization Act |
| Message | Mr Speaker, This Bill is a bizarre concoction. A recipe of 2 parts Workers' Rights mixed with 1 part ripping the social safety net out from under the poorest Rutanians. These ideologies are at complete odds with one another. Free Market Capitalist Libertarianism is diametrically opposed to Trade Unionism. Add that to the odd references to what I assume are people, but whose names are unfamiliar, and the whole Bill is very disconcerting. (OOC: This game is not based on Earth. As far as Rutanians, our parties and our characters are concerned, there is no Adam Smith, Barry Goldwater, Republican Party or Arizona.) All in all, Mr Speaker, the removal of the minimum wage is a line Solidarity is not willing to cross. If he were to re-introduce the Bill without Article 2, he would have our full support. As it stands, we must oppose this Bill. Christian Täuber, Solidarity Spokesperson for Trade and Industry |
| Date | 07:24:02, May 10, 2013 CET | From | Capitalist Working Families | To | Debating the The Adam Smith Free Market & Worker Organization Act |
| Message | This bill says simply that wages should ONLY be determined by a Free Market CONTRACT via collective bargaining. Therefore, there is no need for a minimum wage to be set by government decree b/c the union contract will give workers a livable wage at maybe $15-$20 an hour. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||||
| yes | Total Seats: 50 | ||||||
| no |
Total Seats: 505 | ||||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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