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Bill: Free Labor Choices Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Anarcho-Punks
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: December 2191
Description[?]:
| This is a bill to give our workers more freedom. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government policy towards labor unions.
Old value:: Trade unions may exist and all workers must have membership in one.
Current: Only government-run trade unions exist and membership in them is compulsory.
Proposed: Trade unions may exist and worker membership is voluntary.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 19:21:50, February 22, 2006 CET | From | Socialist Party | To | Debating the Free Labor Choices Act |
| Message | Right, breakdown of our feelings on this: Trade unions are a must, no question about it. But whether workers must be a member or not is different. They should as it will give them 100% protection. If a person would opt out, they would not have the union behind them, and therefore could lose out. It is a way of giving the person more choice over what they do, but would they see sense and continue to be a member of one? |
| Date | 07:36:00, February 23, 2006 CET | From | Anarcho-Punks | To | Debating the Free Labor Choices Act |
| Message | To answer the question from the Socialists: absolutely. Union strength can remain high even with voluntary union membership. For example, Sweden has 87% union density (the percentage of eligible workers who are union members). This is because the government provides enough power in union hands to entice most workers to join. The reason to make membership voluntary is that some workers may not wish to participate in strikes or other union activities that could endanger their employment. As long as proper power lies with labor there is no threat to its strength or solidarity. It is more important to have solidarity within an activist group (such as a union) than within the body it works (a company). |
| Date | 20:59:09, February 24, 2006 CET | From | Socialist Party | To | Debating the Free Labor Choices Act |
| Message | Are workers forced to do anything though? They are free people and can always say no to strikes surely? The Union is there to make the work better, and with current pay (enough to support a standard family) there is no reason to strike except for better conditions. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 415 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 191 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 144 |
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| Random quote: "All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood." - Universal Declaration of Human Rights |