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Bill: Favourable Employment Reform Act of June 2177
Details
Submitted by[?]: Proletariat Revolution 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: September 2179
Description[?]:
| Recognizing that both the employer and the employee have certain inalienable rights when it comes to the place of work, whether it be in terms of conditions or productivity, there is a need for laws that ensure both sides aren't too greatly empowered or too greatly weakened through legislations that govern the work place. ARTICLE 1 - Given that wages, work place conditions, hours and benefits are key to ensuring worker productivity, it is in the interests of both the employee and the employer that an employee cannot be fired for going on strike for legitiment grievances, but fired for going on strike for reasons other than those related to wages, work place conditions, hours and benefits. ARTICLE 2 - There is no legitiment reason why unrelated unions should strike together. While the empathy for the cause may be in place, there is no reasonable grounds for which unrelated unions can strike. This goes well to ensure that employees cannot be fired for striking for groundless reasons. However, if the unions are closely related, (like teacher's unions (elementary, secondary...), transit workers unions(buses, trains, airplanes...) et cetera), a sympathy strike may be warranted if the grounds for the original strike are designated as reasonable. Any issues regarding this would be resolved through an independantly commission which is a joint venture between the private sector and the government, if there is a conflict between a union not striking directly for viable reasons and the place of employement. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Employer's rights in regards to firing striking workers.
Old value:: Employers are free to fire workers who go on strike.
Current: Employers are free to fire workers who go on strike.
Proposed: Employers can fire workers who are deemed to have gone on strike without reasonable reasons.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Secondary strike action.
Old value:: Any trade union can go 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: Only closely related trade unions can walk out on a sympathy strike in support of other striking workers.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 05:23:55, January 29, 2006 CET | From | Commonwealth Workers Army | To | Debating the Favourable Employment Reform Act of June 2177 |
| Message | AMA is torn. Article one is a definite improvement... but we are not too happy with limiting WHO can strike in support. |
| Date | 05:27:17, January 29, 2006 CET | From | Proletariat Revolution Party | To | Debating the Favourable Employment Reform Act of June 2177 |
| Message | That's the idea. We feel that it is better to allow workers the ability to strike, while preventing 'frivolous' strikes. After all, how does the plumber's union going on strike help the piano tuners' union? |
| Date | 18:55:18, January 29, 2006 CET | From | Commonwealth Workers Army | To | Debating the Favourable Employment Reform Act of June 2177 |
| Message | Well... it could be argued that one union might not be able to muster enough support with their own industrial action... whereas a sister-union supporting the strike gives the industrial action much higher profile. |
| Date | 23:30:58, January 29, 2006 CET | From | Likaton Fascist Front | To | Debating the Favourable Employment Reform Act of June 2177 |
| Message | "Employers can fire workers who are deemed to have gone on strike without reasonable reasons" Deemed by who/what? How free will the mechanism be that decides if it is reasonable reasons from overt or covert employer or employee pressure? Similarly, who decides if a union is closely related or not? Are garbage collectors considered considered 'closely related' to, say, workers in a fish processing factory that are complaining about delays in removal of rubbish? If an independent "Industrial Commission" representing all parties or similar will be set up then we would support, otherwise there are too many unanswered questions. |
| Date | 14:46:40, January 30, 2006 CET | From | AM Radical Libertarian Party | To | Debating the Favourable Employment Reform Act of June 2177 |
| Message | Both are limiting the freedom of someone, therefore we oppose. We do, however, feel gratified about the fairness in this bill, as both sides are having some freedoms removed. |
| Date | 10:56:59, January 31, 2006 CET | From | Right Wing Liberals Party | To | Debating the Favourable Employment Reform Act of June 2177 |
| Message | Support. |
| Date | 15:48:11, January 31, 2006 CET | From | Proletariat Revolution Party | To | Debating the Favourable Employment Reform Act of June 2177 |
| Message | RLP, we understand your concerns and we feel that it does restrict freedom in one way, but it also serves to protect workers from being fired for striking for legitiment reasons and employers from having employees strike for no reason other than in the form of a sympathy strike. |
| Date | 15:49:59, January 31, 2006 CET | From | Proletariat Revolution Party | To | Debating the Favourable Employment Reform Act of June 2177 |
| Message | Oh and to, AMA, yes, this doesn't stop sister action, just that which is clearly unrelated. So, if support staff from one schoolboard goes on strike in a small community, they may not get the attention, so they get secondary support from another union in a different prefecture who serve a similar purpose. |
| Date | 16:58:09, January 31, 2006 CET | From | Conservative Liberal Party | To | Debating the Favourable Employment Reform Act of June 2177 |
| Message | support |
| Date | 17:46:07, January 31, 2006 CET | From | Commonwealth Workers Army | To | Debating the Favourable Employment Reform Act of June 2177 |
| Message | With the assurance of the AM SLP that 'sister action' is not being eliminated... just 'rationalised', AMA is happy to support. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 253 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 213 | ||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 16 |
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