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Bill: Trade Union Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Konservativnaya Partiya
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: July 4204
Description[?]:
| The trade unions are out of control. We need to rein them in and put them on a proper legal footing. Management must be able to manage. We cannot have our economy being held to ransom all the time by militant Metzist trade union leaders. Druganin Yakovich Leader of the Conservative Party |
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:: This issue is decided by local governments.
Current: Only open shops are legal.
Proposed: Only open shops are legal.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Employer's rights in regards to firing striking workers.
Old value:: Employers cannot fire workers who have gone 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 3
Proposal[?] to change Government policy towards labor unions.
Old value:: Trade unions may exist and all workers must have membership in one.
Current: Trade unions may exist and worker membership is voluntary.
Proposed: Trade unions may exist and worker membership is voluntary.
Article 4
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.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change Trade union strike ballots.
Old value:: Trade unions are not required by law to hold a ballot before striking.
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 must by law hold a ballot of all members before going on strike, majority approval of those that vote is needed from its members.
Article 6
Proposal[?] to change The workers' right to strike.
Old value:: All workers have the right to strike.
Current: All workers have the right to strike but certain categories of workers regarded as critical to society have to ensure a minimal service.
Proposed: All workers have the right to strike but certain categories of workers regarded as critical to society have to ensure a minimal service.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 11:04:09, April 30, 2017 CET | From |  Sotsialisticheskaya Rabochaya Partiya | To | Debating the Trade Union Act |
| Message | We oppose these oppressive anti-worker measures. Angela Lapukhova First Secretary of the Movement for Worker's Emancipation |
| Date | 16:00:34, April 30, 2017 CET | From | Konservativnaya Partiya | To | Debating the Trade Union Act |
| Message | How is it anti-worker, for example, to allow workers the right to vote in a ballot before their trade union leaders launch a strike action? Druganin Yakovich Leader of the Conservative Party |
| Date | 19:14:42, April 30, 2017 CET | From | Sotsial-Demokraticheskaya Partia | To | Debating the Trade Union Act |
| Message | We will vote yes along with the conservatives. Mikhail Zaytsev General Secretary of the SDP |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes | Total Seats: 445 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 155 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: Voters have an extra appreciation for bills that actually get passed, so if you want to maximally take profit from your votes, make sure you compromise with others. |
| Random quote: "While we may not always agree it is my hope that we may always be civil." - Jonathan Clarke, former Hutorian politician |