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Bill: Closed Shops Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Brit Yeudish
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: October 3548
Description[?]:
| Closed shops stifle fair labour market competition and deny the rights of workers who do not want to belong to a trade union. They should have no place in a modern economy like ours. Let's bring this backwards practice to and end! Shoshana Zilberschlag MK Minister of Trade & Industry |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Closed shops are places of employment where only members of a specific union are allowed to work; union shops can hire non-members, but these have to become members after a certain time; agency shops can hire non-members, who have to pay a fee to cover the unions costs. All three are erected by union agreements. (Only valid if unions are legal)
Old value:: Closed shops, union shops and agency shops are legal.
Current: Closed shops, union shops and agency shops are legal.
Proposed: Only open shops are legal.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 10:57:59, September 19, 2013 CET | From | Hakla'ut VePituah | To | Debating the Closed Shops Act |
| Message | In the interest of workers who do not wish to join a trade union we will support this. Ronan Regenbogen MK, Trade and Industry spokesperson |
| Date | 18:17:13, September 19, 2013 CET | From | Brit Yeudish | To | Debating the Closed Shops Act |
| Message | We are pleasantly surprised by HVP's enlightened response to our proposal. As Ronan Regenborgen says, just as workers should be free to choose to join a union, they should also be free to choose not to join one. Shoshana Zilberschlag MK Minister of Trade & Industry |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||
| yes |
Total Seats: 85 | ||
| no | Total Seats: 0 | ||
| abstain | Total Seats: 35 |
| Random fact: Real-life places should not be referenced in Particracy. |
| Random quote: "Isn't it about time that the US government stop supporting dictatorships and avaricious oligarchies with our tax monies, munitions, and diplomacy?" - Ralph Nader |