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Bill: Anti-Union Act of 3848
Details
Submitted by[?]: Urban Party of Rutania
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: October 3485
Description[?]:
| A bill to do away with unions and the problems they bring. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government policy towards labor unions.
Old value:: Trade unions may exist and worker membership is voluntary.
Current: Trade unions may exist and worker membership is voluntary.
Proposed: Trade unions are illegal.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The workers' right to strike.
Old value:: All workers have the right to strike but certain categories of workers regarded as critical to society have to ensure a minimal service.
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 strikes are illegal.
Article 3
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 encourages the formation of Democratic Workers' Councils through subsidies and tax exemptions.
Proposed: Democratic Workers' Councils are not permitted to run a business.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 10:39:57, May 14, 2013 CET | From | Social Radical Party | To | Debating the Anti-Union Act of 3848 |
| Message | Mr Speaker, So what the Honourable Representative is proposing, is that we completely smash democracy in people's everyday lives? Saying that unions cause "problems" is not a legitimate reason to ruin democracy and the right to self-management. The Representative has at this point not only proven that his party is anti-humanitarian, but also that it is heavily anti-democratic. Ronald Williams, Leader of the Opposition |
| Date | 18:22:41, May 14, 2013 CET | From | Urban Party of Rutania | To | Debating the Anti-Union Act of 3848 |
| Message | Mr. Speaker, The DA and Mr. Williams are showing their true colors; they are nothing more than slanderous lizards who seek to hurt the good name of the UPR in order to paint us as monsters. Ryan Bachmeier UPR Congressional Leader |
| Date | 23:55:42, May 14, 2013 CET | From | Capitalist Working Families | To | Debating the Anti-Union Act of 3848 |
| Message | How come movie stars and baseball players have a RIGHT to an agent representing them negotiating a contract, but ordinary workers do not have such a right??? Workers in unions get paid higher in wages and benefits than NON-workers. |
| Date | 10:15:11, May 15, 2013 CET | From | Social Radical Party | To | Debating the Anti-Union Act of 3848 |
| Message | Mr Speaker, This aggressive and completely off-topic eruption of Mr Bachmeier is a clear sign that the he and his party have run out of ideas as to how to defend themselves from reality. I sincerely wish that the Urbans would try to look at themselves and realise that their policies remain anti-democratic, anti-humanitarian and cold-heartedly anti-Rutanian. Ronald Williams, Leader of the Opposition |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes | Total Seats: 119 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 411 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 25 |
| Random fact: Don't vote yes on a cabinet coalition that doesn't give you the power that you deserve. |
| Random quote: "The political ballot box stands for willingness to be ruled by somebody other than yourself." - Alvin Lowi, Jr. |