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Bill: Workers Rights
Details
Submitted by[?]: Socialist Workers 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: February 4248
Description[?]:
Legislation that promotes worker empowerment and discourages their exploitation. |
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: Only open shops are legal.
Proposed: Closed shops, union shops and agency shops are legal.
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 Employer's rights in regards to firing striking workers.
Old value:: Employers are free to fire workers who go on strike.
Current: Employers cannot fire workers who have gone on strike.
Proposed: Employers cannot fire workers who have gone on strike.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Government policy towards labor unions.
Old value:: Trade unions may exist and worker membership is voluntary.
Current: Trade unions may exist and worker membership is voluntary.
Proposed: Only government-run trade unions exist and membership in them is compulsory.
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 requires all businesses to be run by Democratic Workers' Councils.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
Date | 17:19:51, July 27, 2017 CET | From | Patriots Party | To | Debating the Workers Rights |
Message | Mr Speaker, This is the left-wing agenda we are going to have to fight nonstop, we urge all parties to dismiss the lunatic policies of the Socialist Workers Party. Loony left wing crooks will destroy this great nation. Susan Smith PM |
Date | 20:55:43, July 27, 2017 CET | From | Socialist Workers Party | To | Debating the Workers Rights |
Message | Mr Speaker, It is only appropriate that these reforms to protect workers are attacked. The other parties in this Patriot House do not care for workers, and are in the pockets of the bourgeoisie. They are only listening to them, and not the Luthori people. Alan Jeffries Leader of the SWP |
Date | 08:23:29, July 28, 2017 CET | From | Centrist Alliance | To | Debating the Workers Rights |
Message | Mr Speaker, One thing communists and left-wing radicals fail to realise is the need for wealthy individuals to grow their buisness or corporation to provide jobs to the Luthorian people. Rebecca Rees CA Speaker |
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Voting
Vote | Seats | ||||||
yes |
Total Seats: 135 | ||||||
no |
Total Seats: 265 | ||||||
abstain |
Total Seats: 0 |
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