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Bill: Living Wages
Details
Submitted by[?]: Sunbeam Squad
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: November 3542
Description[?]:
The People need to live, not merely subsist. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The nation's policy on minimum wage regulation.
Old value:: There shall be a minimum wage at a level that a single full time worker on it can adequately subsist.
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 shall be a minimum wage at a level considered a "living wage," well above the poverty line for a full time worker.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
Date | 04:16:23, September 07, 2013 CET | From | Capitalist Working Families | To | Debating the Living Wages |
Message | Mr. Speaker, This bill is *unnecessary* as workers in Rutania (thanks to the collaborative work of the CWFP) have already gained the right to organize into unions and to *collectively bargain* for a *livable wage* by Private Contract. ---Buka Wigwe, Minister of Trade & Industry |
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Voting
Vote | Seats | ||||
yes |
Total Seats: 136 | ||||
no |
Total Seats: 390 | ||||
abstain |
Total Seats: 29 |
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