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Bill: Worker and Protester Rights Act 4224
Details
Submitted by[?]: Labour 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: September 4225
Description[?]:
| A Bill to improve worker and protester rights in the Luthori Republic, to give the working class and the general public more power to influence the corporate and political system. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The citizens' right to assemble in public.
Old value:: The police may disperse a group if they believe it poses a potential risk to public safety.
Current: The police may disperse a group if they believe it poses a potential risk to public safety.
Proposed: There are no restrictions on the right of citizens to assemble in groups.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Collective bargaining
Old value:: No employees may engage in collective bargaining
Current: Public and private sector employees have the right to collectively bargain
Proposed: Public and private sector employees have the right to collectively bargain
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 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 but certain categories of workers regarded as critical to society have to ensure a minimal service.
Proposed: All workers have the right to strike.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 16:57:00, June 10, 2017 CET | From | White Rose | To | Debating the Worker and Protester Rights Act 4224 |
| Message | Mr Speaker, The RCP will never support this. It is not about Rights, it will open the country up to ransom by greedy fat cat Trade Union bosses and the minority mobs. James Stinson Deputy Leader of the RCP Foreign Secretary |
| Date | 05:19:31, June 11, 2017 CET | From | Royalist Party | To | Debating the Worker and Protester Rights Act 4224 |
| Message | Mr. Speaker, Our party won't agree with article 4. The rest we support. John Malcolm, Leader Royalist Party |
| Date | 15:59:25, June 11, 2017 CET | From | Labour Party | To | Debating the Worker and Protester Rights Act 4224 |
| Message | Mr. Speaker, The following bill represents the Federation's ideal situation as they see it. However, the Federation in its support for consensus building is open to other parties ideas on the subject and is willing to make changes if the Federation's principles and goals are still advanced. Hence we are willing to drop certain articles for the time being, such as Article 4. An open debate would be ideal. The Masked Man, Delegate Leader of the Anarchist Federation |
| Date | 16:05:07, June 11, 2017 CET | From | Labour Party | To | Debating the Worker and Protester Rights Act 4224 |
| Message | Mr. Speaker, In an effort to prevent repeated proposals we will remove changes to Trade Union laws due to the imminent success of the Introduction of Trade Unions Act 4224 The Masked Man, Delegate Leader of the Anarchist Federation |
| Date | 16:21:27, June 11, 2017 CET | From | Labour Party | To | Debating the Worker and Protester Rights Act 4224 |
| Message | Mr. Speaker, The Federation agrees partially with the Conservative Party towards their hatred of greedy reformist union bosses and therefore advocates for decentralised democratic trade unions. However the current laws regarding trade unions; in which a majority of trade union members need to agree on the strike before a strike can be carried out; effectively prevents petty bourgeois union bosses from exerting dictatorial will over their unions and calling strikes for their own selfish reasons. As for minority mobs, without universal solidarity with other members of the working class such mobs would quickly run out of funds and have to cancel the strike action; as scabs would effectively take their jobs. The Masked Man, Delegate Leader of the Anarchist Federation |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 57 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 254 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 89 |
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