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Bill: Secondary Strike Reform
Details
Submitted by[?]: Federal Green Party (FGP)
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 3812
Description[?]:
| The purpose of this bill is to change the rules for secondary strikes. Currently a union cannot commit to a secondary strike without government approval that the strikers are from a similar enough industry to commit to it. The Reform Option believes that it is the right of all workers to unite in solidarity and to give their vocal and active support to other workers across Solentia. Limiting the ability to unite in solidarity puts too much power in the hands of government. Let's open up the ability of all workers to stand in Solidarity with other workers! This way we can expect better working conditions and higher pay in all industries across Solentia. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Secondary strike action.
Old value:: Only closely related trade unions can walk out on a sympathy strike in support of other striking workers.
Current: Secondary strike action is illegal. Workers and unions can only go on strike for their own pay and conditions.
Proposed: Any trade union can go on a sympathy strike in support of other striking workers.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 21:53:34, March 07, 2015 CET | From |  Coalition for National Unity [CNU] | To | Debating the Secondary Strike Reform |
| Message | "The Unionists are very supportive of this measure and welcome the move from the ROS." Ala-ad-Din ibn Haroun al-Fulan, Unionist Legislative Lead |
| Date | 22:38:25, March 07, 2015 CET | From | Free Democratic Party | To | Debating the Secondary Strike Reform |
| Message | "We generally have been labeled as a party against workers unions. We aren't. We just want realism in the situation. This bill allows for more freedom. We like it." ~Ted Johnson, Head Chairman of the LPS |
| Date | 23:04:40, March 07, 2015 CET | From | Federal Green Party (FGP) | To | Debating the Secondary Strike Reform |
| Message | We are very happy to have achieved support across party lines on this measure! Thank you all for your support! -Sarah Cordery, Head Speaker of the Reform Option Council |
| Date | 23:36:44, March 07, 2015 CET | From | Free Democratic Party | To | Debating the Secondary Strike Reform |
| Message | "Unfortunately, the LPS is willing to compromise here, but other parties compromising requires a miracle." ~Ted Johnson, Head Chairman of the LPS |
| Date | 23:46:55, March 07, 2015 CET | From | Federal Green Party (FGP) | To | Debating the Secondary Strike Reform |
| Message | They seem to have compromised on a number of important issues with me. Perhaps the LPS needs to continue on its course of offering moderate proposals that the other parties can support? It would be difficult to imagine any left-leaning party supporting full privatization of education, for example. Our own party would not accept this either. Instead the Reform Option remains focused on the idea that the Government ought to offer base level services for free or at a low cost to all Solentians. The private sector should then be free to offer services to people as well. We can see no justification for banning private schools, for example. There is no logical argument that can be made for banning private options in education or health care for people who wish to make use of these services. -Sarah Cordery, Head Speaker of the Reform Option Council |
| Date | 18:51:09, March 08, 2015 CET | From | Free Democratic Party | To | Debating the Secondary Strike Reform |
| Message | "Actually, after consulting the rest of the party, we have decided to vote no. Secondary strike isn't a good thing in our eyes, and we will not let our voters down by trying to expand it. Unfortunately, it will still pass anyways." ~Ted Johnson, Head Chairman of the LPS |
| Date | 20:39:11, March 08, 2015 CET | From | Federal Green Party (FGP) | To | Debating the Secondary Strike Reform |
| Message | "We generally have been labeled as a party against workers unions. We aren't. We just want realism in the situation. This bill allows for more freedom. We like it." ~Ted Johnson, Head Chairman of the LPS ^Your comment from earlier. So I guess you are a party against workers unions after all? -Sarah Cordery, Head Speaker of the Reform Option Council |
| Date | 00:05:21, March 09, 2015 CET | From | Free Democratic Party | To | Debating the Secondary Strike Reform |
| Message | "We are so incredibly split on the situation that we do not know what to do. We are sorry if we look someone hypocritical here, but our changes our opinion on this daily." ~Ted Johnson, Head Chairman of the LPS |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 349 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 0 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 76 |
| 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: "If democracy is ever to be threatened, it will not be by revolutionary groups burning government offices and occupying the broadcasting and newspaper offices of the world. It will come from disenchantment, cynicism and despair caused by the realization that the New World Order means we are all to be managed and not represented." - Tony Benn |