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Bill: Liberal Reforms IV
Details
Submitted by[?]: Liberal 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: January 3853
Description[?]:
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Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The professional retirement age.
Old value:: 70
Current: 67
Proposed: 68
Article 2
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.
Article 3
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 considered a "living wage," well above the poverty line for a full time worker.
Proposed: There shall be a minimum wage at a level that a single full time worker on it can adequately subsist.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 21:14:16, May 27, 2015 CET | From | Choice | To | Debating the Liberal Reforms IV |
| Message | We're strongly in favour of this bill and shall vote yes. |
| Date | 01:24:40, May 28, 2015 CET | From | Choice | To | Debating the Liberal Reforms IV |
| Message | Due to our retirement age act passing and thus the retirement age now being set at 65, this bill will increase it and as such we shall vote against. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes |
Total Seats: 100 | |||
| no |
Total Seats: 167 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 83 |
| 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: "I have opinions of my own - strong opinions. But I don't always agree with them." - George W. Bush |