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Bill: Worker's Empowerment Bill
Details
Submitted by[?]: Sindicato Obrero Libre
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 4075
Description[?]:
| A nation that regulates workers instead of the employers is a regressive nations. SOL stands behind the workers and wishes to empower them to take their destiny in their own hands |
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:: Only open shops are legal.
Current: Closed shops, union shops and agency shops are legal.
Proposed: Closed shops, union shops and agency shops are legal.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The nation's policy on minimum wage regulation.
Old value:: There is no provision for a minimum wage.
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 considered a "living wage," well above the poverty line for a full time worker.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Secondary strike action.
Old value:: Secondary strike action is illegal. Workers and unions can only go on strike for their own pay and conditions.
Current: Any trade union can go on a sympathy strike in support of other striking workers.
Proposed: Any trade union can go on a sympathy strike in support of other striking workers.
Article 4
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 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.
Proposed: Trade unions are not required by law to hold a ballot before striking.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on Democratic Workers' Councils.
Old value:: The government does not intervene in the marketplace with regards to Democratic Workers' Councils.
Current: The government does not intervene in the marketplace with regards to Democratic Workers' Councils.
Proposed: The government encourages the formation of Democratic Workers' Councils through subsidies and tax exemptions.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 02:17:25, August 15, 2016 CET | From | Classical Liberal Party | To | Debating the Worker's Empowerment Bill |
| Message | All of these policies, in our opinion, go against free market principles, so we oppose. |
| Date | 02:17:25, August 15, 2016 CET | From | Classical Liberal Party | To | Debating the Worker's Empowerment Bill |
| Message | All of these policies, in our opinion, go against free market principles, so we oppose. |
| Date | 00:47:24, August 16, 2016 CET | From | Sindicato Obrero Libre | To | Debating the Worker's Empowerment Bill |
| Message | We disagree concurrently, these policies better the lives of workers everywhere, creating a fairer market in Gaduridos. |
| Date | 01:31:44, August 17, 2016 CET | From | Classical Liberal Party | To | Debating the Worker's Empowerment Bill |
| Message | Closed, union, and agency shops are anti-free market, a minimum wage is anti-free market, and encouraging Democratic Workers' Councils is government meddling in the economy, which is anti-free market. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |
| yes | Total Seats: 0 | |
| no |
Total Seats: 400 | |
| abstain |
Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: In cases where a party has no seat, the default presumption should be that the party is able to contribute to debates in the legislature due to one of its members winning a seat at a by-election. However, players may collectively improvise arrangements of their own to provide a satisfying explanation for how parties with no seats in the legislature can speak and vote there. |
| Random quote: "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has." - Margaret Mead |