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Bill: Labor Union Reform
Details
Submitted by[?]: Federalist Party
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: September 2158
Description[?]:
| To prevent strikes from becoming a political tool, Labor and Trade Unions should be forced to democratize. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Trade union strike ballots.
Old value:: Trade unions are not required by law to hold a ballot before striking.
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, majority approval of those that vote is needed from its members.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 16:56:23, December 16, 2005 CET | From | National Thomasian Party | To | Debating the Labor Union Reform |
| Message | Yup we agree. |
| Date | 04:41:02, December 17, 2005 CET | From | Left-Hand Path | To | Debating the Labor Union Reform |
| Message | Once again we disagree. Unions can run themselves as they wish, so long as membership is voluntary. |
| Date | 04:49:41, December 19, 2005 CET | From | Country Labor Party | To | Debating the Labor Union Reform |
| Message | When this was proposed before, we supported the idea, but we have since changed our position. Just as the national government should not force private universities to act a certain way, it should not force unions, which are private organizations, to act a certain way. We would hope that unions respect their members enough to poll them before going on strike, and we would strongly encourage them to do so, but the national government should not force them. |
| Date | 21:01:32, December 19, 2005 CET | From | Socialist Front of Mordusia | To | Debating the Labor Union Reform |
| Message | We must recognize that the trade unions do not always have the time to hold a ballot of all members before going on strike. There are circumstances where the interests of the workers are so threatened, that direct actions is needed to achieve the best result. Therefore, The Socialist Front of Mordusia is forced to vote against this bill |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 120 | ||||
| no | Total Seats: 53 | ||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 130 |
| Random fact: Real-life organisations should not be referenced in Particracy, unless they are simple and generic (eg. "National Organisation for Women" is allowed). |
| Random quote: "We have to face the fact that either all of us are going to die together or we are going to learn to live together, and if we are to live together we have to talk." - Eleanor Roosevelt |