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Bill: Labour Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Zardio Federisma Partio
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: October 3784
Description[?]:
| No worker should be forced to go on strike without a say. Workers who are part of critical segments of society (such as police, teachers, fire fighters, EMT's etc) should not be allowed to disrupt these crucial services that cannot be easily obtained elsewhere. |
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:: Union shops and agency shops are legal, but closed shops are not.
Current: Closed shops, union shops and agency shops are legal.
Proposed: This issue is decided by local governments.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The workers' right to strike.
Old value:: All workers have the right to strike.
Current: All workers have the right to strike but certain categories of workers regarded as critical to society have to ensure a minimal service.
Proposed: All workers, except public employees, have the right to strike.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 04:19:30, January 07, 2015 CET | From |  Konfederacio Nacia Laboro(KNL) | To | Debating the Labour Act |
| Message | No worker should be forced to go on strike, but no one should also be forced not to by the majority. |
| Date | 07:44:22, January 07, 2015 CET | From | Liberala Demokrata Partio | To | Debating the Labour Act |
| Message | Mr.Speaker, We believe that all workers have the right to strike. Peter Ludoviko HoS Candidate |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 224 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 245 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 181 |
| Random fact: "Treaty-locking", or ratifiying treaties that completely or nearly completely forbid any proposals to change laws, is not allowed. Amongst other possible sanctions, Moderation reserves the discretion to delete treaties and/or subject parties to a seat reset if this is necessary in order to reverse a treaty-lock situation. |
| Random quote: "It is better to be feared than loved, if you cannot be both." - Niccolo Machiavelli |