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Bill: Worker Autonomy Act of 3778
Details
Submitted by[?]: Rutanian Civic Association
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 3779
Description[?]:
| The Rutanian Civic Association proposes an overhaul of the national policy regarding the minimum wage. Under current laws, collective bargaining is granted as a right to all public and private employees. Additionally, unions are already given a nationwide responsibility to negotiate daily working hours with employers. We propose that a set national minimum wage standard be scrapped in favor of expanding worker-employer negotiations to include wages. This measure will ensure maximum flexibility in the formation of minimum wages throughout the nation and it removes the bureaucracy of the national government having to revisit the minimum wage issue every so many years due to inadequacies that arise out of inflation. The Worker Autonomy Act shall also provide workers with the right to establish democratic workers councils at any businesses that are owned by the employees. The current prohibition of democratic workers councils is unnecessary and it is a barrier to associated economic activity. |
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 is no provision for a minimum wage.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on Democratic Workers' Councils.
Old value:: Democratic Workers' Councils are not permitted to run a business.
Current: The government encourages the formation of Democratic Workers' Councils through subsidies and tax exemptions.
Proposed: The government does not intervene in the marketplace with regards to Democratic Workers' Councils.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 18:37:29, December 26, 2014 CET | From | Urban Party of Rutania | To | Debating the Worker Autonomy Act of 3778 |
| Message | Mr. Speaker, While we agree with the RCA on Article 2, we disagree with abolishing the minimum wage. Alan Landis UPR Congressional Leader |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes | Total Seats: 0 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 489 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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