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Bill: Closed Shops Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Hacia Casa
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 3558
Description[?]:
| "Closed shop" arrangements put grossly unfair pressure on workers to join a particular trade union. This set-up should not be tolerated. Every Egelian worker deserves the right to join a trade union, but they should have the right not to join a trade union as well. Curro Cabello MP Leader of Hacia Casa |
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: Only open shops are legal.
Proposed: Only open shops are legal.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 20:19:45, October 09, 2013 CET | From | Grand National Party | To | Debating the Closed Shops Act |
| Message | Mr Speaker, if workers wish to organize themselves according to a certain set of rules in running a business, they should be free to do so. Competition between various forms of corporations and diverse business models is a crucial component of laissez-faire capitalism. Annette Davidson MP Member for Ulbrach Leader of the Opposition |
| Date | 00:33:04, October 10, 2013 CET | From | Hacia Casa | To | Debating the Closed Shops Act |
| Message | Mr. Speaker, Annette Davidson forgets that you can't have a competitive market economy when companies are being blackmailed and effectively taken over by trade union militants. Curro Cabello MP Leader of Hacia Casa |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 227 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 172 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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