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Bill: Workers Involvement Act (2169)
Details
Submitted by[?]: Deltarian Nationalist Party
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 2172
Description[?]:
The workforce of Hobrazia should take an active intrest in their job and not rely solely on the government protecting their intrests. This bill will mean that union membership is compulsory so all workers will recieve updates from their particular union. The change in the union voting system will also reward those who do participate in union matters as now it will only take into account yes and no votes and not the number of members who vote yes compared to those who vote no or don't vote. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government policy towards labor unions.
Old value:: Trade unions may exist and worker membership is voluntary.
Current: Trade unions may exist and worker membership is voluntary.
Proposed: Trade unions may exist and all workers must have membership in one.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Trade union strike ballots.
Old value:: Trade unions must by law hold a ballot of all members before going on strike, a majority of all members, regardless of if they vote or not must approve the strike action.
Current: Trade unions are not required by law to hold a ballot before striking.
Proposed: Trade unions must by law hold a ballot of all members before going on strike, majority approval of those that vote is needed from its members.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
Date | 19:47:32, January 11, 2006 CET | From | United Blobs | To | Debating the Workers Involvement Act (2169) |
Message | Why should we force peopl into trade unions that may not even represent their views? |
Date | 05:19:31, January 12, 2006 CET | From | Liberal-Progressive Union | To | Debating the Workers Involvement Act (2169) |
Message | "The change in the union voting system will also reward those who do participate in union matters as now it will only take into account yes and no votes and not the number of members who vote yes compared to those who vote no or don't vote." So this constitutes mandatory union voting according this description. Making union membership mandatory and rewarding those who participate in union matters is which in this case is voting, is really just a means to force unwilling non-union members who may or may not vote on a strike ballot, to join a union that they don't believe looks out for their best interest. I don't see what this proposal hopes to accomplish. |
Date | 05:20:13, January 12, 2006 CET | From | Liberal-Progressive Union | To | Debating the Workers Involvement Act (2169) |
Message | "in which" |
Date | 12:20:37, January 16, 2006 CET | From | Deltarian Nationalist Party | To | Debating the Workers Involvement Act (2169) |
Message | How can being in a union that represents the industry a worker is in not be in his best intrest? This is not forcing workers to be in one large 'super-union' but to be in the individual government recognised union of their profession. |
Date | 18:08:24, January 16, 2006 CET | From | United Blobs | To | Debating the Workers Involvement Act (2169) |
Message | "How can being in a union that represents the industry a worker is in not be in his best intrest?" - If they disagree with the unions aims, e.g. if the union keeps pushing for strikes which they feel are not needed? |
Date | 18:27:42, January 17, 2006 CET | From | Deltarian Nationalist Party | To | Debating the Workers Involvement Act (2169) |
Message | well then they can vote no. |
Date | 23:17:18, January 17, 2006 CET | From | Left Communist Party | To | Debating the Workers Involvement Act (2169) |
Message | We agree with this sadly doomed bill. |
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Voting
Vote | Seats | ||||
yes |
Total Seats: 166 | ||||
no |
Total Seats: 234 | ||||
abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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