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Bill: Workers' Act 3547
Details
Submitted by[?]: Hakla'ut VePituah
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: March 3548
Description[?]:
| A bill proposed by the Ministry of Trade and Industry, Ronan Regenbogen |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Employer's rights in regards to firing striking workers.
Old value:: Government approval is needed before strikers can be fired.
Current: Employers cannot fire workers who have gone on strike.
Proposed: Employers cannot fire workers who have gone on strike.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The government's stance on a salary cap.
Old value:: The government has no stance on a salary cap.
Current: There is a national maximum wage but local governments may enforce stricter salary caps.
Proposed: Labour unions and organizations of employers negotiate a salary cap.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Secondary strike action.
Old value:: Only closely related trade unions can walk out 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: Any trade union can go on a sympathy strike in support of other striking workers.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 21:41:15, September 17, 2013 CET | From | Brit Yeudish | To | Debating the Workers' Act 3547 |
| Message | This is not a Workers' Act; this is an Act for loony Metzist radicals who want to overthrow the norms of civilised society. Ethan Greenspan MK Leader of Brit Yeudish |
| Date | 00:36:21, September 18, 2013 CET | From | Hakla'ut VePituah | To | Debating the Workers' Act 3547 |
| Message | This will put economic power in the hands of workers, it is an act for workers and a good one at that. Ronan Regenbogen MK, Trade and Industry spokesperson |
| Date | 00:38:13, September 18, 2013 CET | From | Brit Yeudish | To | Debating the Workers' Act 3547 |
| Message | If this legislation was passed, communist trade union militants would use it to cripple our economy and hold the elected government to ransom. As freedom-loving democrats, this is not something we could tolerate. Ethan Greenspan MK Leader of Brit Yeudish |
| Date | 00:43:34, September 18, 2013 CET | From | Hakla'ut VePituah | To | Debating the Workers' Act 3547 |
| Message | Normal "freedom-loving democrats" would not want the economy to be run by millionaire businessmen. The current economic situation is undemocratic - my proposals would make our economy more democratic, and more inclusive. Ronan Regenbogen MK, Trade and Industry spokesperson |
| Date | 15:23:22, September 18, 2013 CET | From | Bloc Am Chazak, Am Yedui, Am Libre | To | Debating the Workers' Act 3547 |
| Message | We can only support article one. The rest are outrageous. |
| Date | 20:01:03, September 18, 2013 CET | From | Brit Yeudish | To | Debating the Workers' Act 3547 |
| Message | We are all in favour of making the economy fairer and giving those at the bottom a better deal. What we are not in favour of is a state takeover of all the means of production. HVP claim they are on the side of the ordinary person, but they are not - they are on the side of big government. Ethan Greenspan MK Leader of Brit Yeudish |
| Date | 21:26:19, September 18, 2013 CET | From | Hakla'ut VePituah | To | Debating the Workers' Act 3547 |
| Message | The state would own some industries, others would be owned by private communities and co-operatives. However, all of them would be run by democratic workers' councils, not the state, so Mr Greenspan's argument is invalid. Ronan Regenbogen MK, Trade and Industry spokesperson |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |
| yes |
Total Seats: 39 | |
| no |
Total Seats: 46 | |
| abstain | Total Seats: 35 |
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| Random quote: "It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends on his not understanding it." - Upton Sinclair |