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Bill: Strikes of Critical Workers
Details
Submitted by[?]: Republican 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: October 4181
Description[?]:
| The definition of "minimal service" is unclear. Certain categories of workers are completely essential to ensuring the safety and wellbeing of our citizens. For example: - Police officers - Medical responders - Critical care doctors - Firefighters - Security guards - Detectives We cannot have these employees striking because it puts people at risk. People can die while these employees are on strike. Would "minimal service" mean that only a certain number of calls can be addressed? That only certain doors can be protected? Forensic evidence can expire or become harder to interpret after a certain period of time has passed. If a faction of detectives or forensic analysts decide to go on strike during an important time-sensitive case, would that work be considered critical to society - and if it is, what would count as "minimal service" without them shirking responsibility/underperforming? Wouldn't they just be doing the entirety of their jobs anyway, in that case? This concept of "minimal service" dilutes the real message of a strike carried out by these groups of workers. Alternative ways for these workers to express discontent and reach a fair conclusion with the employer need to be developed. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The workers' right to strike.
Old value:: All workers have the right to strike but certain categories of workers regarded as critical to society have to ensure a minimal service.
Current: All workers have the right to strike.
Proposed: All workers, except certain categories of workers regarded as critical to society, have the right to strike.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 10:14:57, March 15, 2017 CET | From | United Party | To | Debating the Strikes of Critical Workers |
| Message | The UPB won't vote for this as all people have the right of speech, and these catagories should not be exempt. Also how often do you hear of cops going on strike. This could alienate these categories of workers if they knew that they couldn't strike at all and many people might not want to work in these professions. |
| Date | 17:56:27, March 15, 2017 CET | From | Republican Party | To | Debating the Strikes of Critical Workers |
| Message | The right of freedom of speech for these categories of workers still needs to be acknowledged and allowed, I agree, but strikes specifically should not be permitted as it hinders the safety of the public. I can't provide a statistic for how frequently police officers go on strike, if at all, but just because it doesn't happen doesn't mean it never will, to devastating effect. Even barring police officers, what about other people in the legal system? If correctional officers go on strike, this puts thousands of people at risk if a violent criminal manages to escape jail. If laywers go on strike, their cases go into limbo and crucial evidence may be overlooked or not analyzed as thoroughly as needed, creating major legal loopholes. All Beluzian businesses are already run by Democratic Worker's Councils. This already gives the people working in every profession a huge amount of control over their working conditions. Any problems can be directly brought up to their councils - it's not like freedom of speech is completely removed just because they can no longer strike. No-strike clauses in some unions exist for a reason - they understand that strikes hinder productivity. Only I am not just talking about productivity in these particular jobs. I am talking about saving someone's life. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 294 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 368 | ||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 88 |
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| Random quote: "I hold it that a little rebellion now and then is a good thing, and as necessary in the political world as storms in the physical." - Thomas Jefferson |