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Bill: Union and Labor Reform Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: National Freedom Party
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: January 3916
Description[?]:
An effort to relieve the stress on employers and employees who have to deal with an intrusive government that constantly intrudes on what should be an exclusive relationship between an employer and an employee. Collective bargaining, in line with our Coalition's policy, will be devolved to local authorities who can regulate according to the industry that dominates the economic field locally. Unions according to existing policy are voluntary, and our workplace policy should reflect this. It is unjust for the government to sponsor union and agency shops that give preferential treatment to union workers and effectively disadvantages non-union members who can work at an equal level or even better. The government will never know an employee better than his or her direct employer. There is no reason for government stepping in during a strike when the employer clearly sees it is not out of necessity and simply to cause trouble and agitate other workers. The right to collectively bargain and to join unions are still in effect and this policy will not change them. |
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: This issue is decided by local governments.
Proposed: Only open shops are legal.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Collective bargaining
Old value:: Public and private sector employees have the right to collectively bargain
Current: Public and private sector employees have the right to collectively bargain
Proposed: Local governments decide whether to allow collective bargaining
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
Date | 03:02:31, October 01, 2015 CET | From | Libertarian Citizens | To | Debating the Union and Labor Reform Act |
Message | In favour of articles 1 and 2 but strongly opposed to employers' judgement being the sole agent when deciding to fire workers. This makes them close to feudal lords. Are they going to have rights over their workers' wives too? |
Date | 03:04:40, October 01, 2015 CET | From | National Freedom Party | To | Debating the Union and Labor Reform Act |
Message | No, they are simply going to be able to do what the policy delineates and nothing more. The NFP has no time for pointless extrapolations and gross hyperbole. In good faith, we will remove the third article and hope this gains more bipartisan support once its up for a vote by the full Parliament. |
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Voting
Vote | Seats | |||
yes | Total Seats: 299 | |||
no | Total Seats: 87 | |||
abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
Random fact: Cultural Protocols should generally be reflective of RP conducted within the nation and should not significantly alter or modify the ethnic, religious or linguistic composition without considerable and reasonable role-play or other justification. |
Random quote: "Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build a bridge even where there is no river." Nikita Khrushchev (1894 - 1971) |