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Bill: Industry Reform
Details
Submitted by[?]: Radical Alliance
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: September 3733
Description[?]:
| Mr Speaker, We don't believe that the state shall regulate the industry too much. We therefor suggest a bill which loosens the government's grasp on three different areas; child labor, industrial hemp production and the right to intervene in the business of the unions and the employers. Lucas Hentze Party leader, Radical Alliance |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning child labour.
Old value:: Child labour is forbidden.
Current: Child labour is forbidden.
Proposed: Child labour is allowed, but with additional regulations to those of adult labourers.
Article 2
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 can fire workers who are deemed to have gone on strike without reasonable reasons.
Proposed: Employers cannot fire workers who have gone on strike.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Policy concerning industrial hemp.
Old value:: Industrial hemp regulations are left up to local governments.
Current: There are no regulations on industrial hemp.
Proposed: There are no regulations on industrial hemp.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change The nation's policy on minimum wage regulation.
Old value:: There shall be a minimum wage at a level that a full time worker on it can support a family of four without falling under the poverty line.
Current: There shall be a minimum wage at a level that a single full time worker on it can adequately subsist.
Proposed: There is no provision for a minimum wage.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 17:21:03, September 25, 2014 CET | From | Democratic Socialist Party | To | Debating the Industry Reform |
| Message | Madam Speaker: I cannot even begin to comprehend how anyone seeking to improve the lives of the people of this nation would think that legalisation of Child Labour, and removal of the minimum would be a beneficial idea. Not only has child labour plagued the conscience of humanity, but it has not benefitted anyone besides the corporate employers. The same goes for removal of the minimum wage. No one will benefit besides the corporations. We must unite together and bring this destructive bill to its knees. |
| Date | 17:41:12, September 25, 2014 CET | From | Radical Alliance | To | Debating the Industry Reform |
| Message | Madam Speaker, We do not wish that minors become slaves or anything like that; they are gonna work with a lot more restrictions than adult workers and when has a little work hurt anyone? Never. Minors should of course be able to work a few hours a week so that they can uphold the social activities they do in their sparetime. It is as some would call it a "no brainer". And regarding the removal of the minimum salary; we do not believe that state should meddle in the business of the unions and the employers. They are after all the experts regarding salaries, working hours and so on - not we. This is why we would like to make the best decisions regarding the unions an employers, which is making fewer decisions and letting them have more to say. Even a socialist party should agree to that. Lucas Hentze Party leader, Radical Alliance |
| Date | 18:33:05, September 25, 2014 CET | From | Federal Heritage Party of Hutori | To | Debating the Industry Reform |
| Message | Madam Speaker, The removal of minimum wage is a ridiculous assertion by doing so you would allow a large part of the Hutorian population to fall beneath the poverty line which is unacceptable. As for what Businesses know best that would be profit and allowing them to make more is the lowering of wages which with little to no government oversight the certainly would do. |
| Date | 20:12:51, September 25, 2014 CET | From | Radical Alliance | To | Debating the Industry Reform |
| Message | Madam Speaker, This is false. The unions will take much better care of the working force than the government ever will. They have all sorts of tools to accomplish a socially balanced minimum wage. These tools can however become better. But nevertheless; an abolishment of the minimum wage will certainly be beneficial for our nation's workers as well as industry. Lucas Hentze Party leader, Radical Alliance |
| Date | 20:29:28, September 25, 2014 CET | From | Democratic Socialist Party | To | Debating the Industry Reform |
| Message | Madam Speaker: The gentleman seems to assume that unions are 100% successful in their fights with big business. The minimum wage provides a safety net for when unions are unsuccessful. Furthermore, the existence of a minimum wage in no way hinders the ability of the unions to negotiate better wages for workers. In essence, the removal of the minimum wage is BEYOND ludicrous and is extremely counter productive in improving workers rights. |
| Date | 21:02:08, September 25, 2014 CET | From | Radical Alliance | To | Debating the Industry Reform |
| Message | Madam Speaker, We must make it easier for unions to fight the employers, that's for sure. But we have all the confident in the world that unions fight as hard as they can for real results. It would just create a lot more flexible system. For instance the current law is such an overkill. A single person living on the minimum wage earns a lot compared to what he - perhaps - should. He only has to take care of himself, but gets enough money to take care of three others. This could be done so much smarter - and more reasonable for the employers if the unions and employers took care of this without state meddling. Lucas Hentze Party Leader, Radical Alliance |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 0 | ||||
| no | Total Seats: 114 | ||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 234 |
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