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Bill: Education and Work Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Georgeonian Centrist Party
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: November 2197
Description[?]:
| An act seeking to improve conditions for school and work life in our country. We hope that the act is moderate enough to find sufficient support to pass. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Charter school policy (free, privately run, publicly funded schools).
Old value:: Charter schools are not allowed.
Current: Charter schools must have a specific focus.
Proposed: Charter school funding, regulation, and development is left up to local governments.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Education for children under adult age.
Old value:: Education is entirely voluntary.
Current: Education is compulsory and has to happen at school.
Proposed: Education is compulsory, but home schooling is permitted.
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: Government approval is needed before strikers can be fired.
Proposed: Employers can fire workers who are deemed to have gone on strike without reasonable reasons.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change The regulation of higher education.
Old value:: The government does not fund any public higher education institutions, permitting only private higher education institutions to exist.
Current: The government allows public and private higher education institutions to coexist with self-regulation for those that are private.
Proposed: The government allows private higher education but regulates it to meet nationally set standards.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change Health and safety legislation for industry.
Old value:: There are no set health and safety regulations for industry.
Current: The government introduces and actively regulates health and safety legislation in all areas of industry.
Proposed: Health and safety laws are to be determined by local governments.
Article 6
Proposal[?] to change Government policy towards labor unions.
Old value:: Trade unions are illegal.
Current: Trade unions are illegal.
Proposed: Trade unions may exist and worker membership is voluntary.
Article 7
Proposal[?] to change The workers' right to strike.
Old value:: All strikes are illegal.
Current: All strikes are illegal.
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 | 13:26:32, March 06, 2006 CET | From |  Pnték Znkak Prta 'Bastardry' | To | Debating the Education and Work Act |
| Message | The Bastards find the lastest steam of bills from the Centrists very encouraging indeed. |
| Date | 13:45:51, March 06, 2006 CET | From | Fight For Your Right To Party | To | Debating the Education and Work Act |
| Message | The only article we disagree with here is #2, and even then we are not convinced that any of the options for that law are particularly brilliant. We are distinctly on the "yes" side for everything else here. |
| Date | 09:56:50, March 07, 2006 CET | From | Libertarian Party | To | Debating the Education and Work Act |
| Message | The Libertarian Party agrees on the following articles: 1, 6, 7 The Libertarian Party disagrees on the following articles: 2, 3, 4, 5 1)The Libertarian party believes that parents should be able to choose which school to send their kids to, and if there is government funds for education, then these funds should go to the school of the parents choice, and not some state determined one-size-fits-none problem. 2) In the free market economy (FME), parents should see the benefits of ensuring that their children are properly educated, and thus parents should not be cohersed into sending their children to school (particularly if they cannot choose the school they send their kids to). 3) In the FME, the employer has every right to fire employees who do not wish to work under the employers rules. If the employee could get paid more for the same work he is doing at another employer, then he would already be working there. 4&5) The LP is not in favor of regulation where none is necessary. 6) Workers have the option to organize into a group, but such trade unions should have no special rights or priveledges over the employer. 7) All workers should have the choice to refuse to work if the working conditions are unsatisfactory, but the worker has no special protection from being fired if the employer can find someone else who is willing to do his job. The Libertarian may choose to support this bill. |
| Date | 17:39:08, March 09, 2006 CET | From | Pontesi Fascist Coalition | To | Debating the Education and Work Act |
| Message | We agree with the libertarians, especially on article 2. After all, certain castes of persons are destined for long hours of manual labor, so it's pointless to school them. |
| Date | 05:15:46, March 10, 2006 CET | From | THEM | To | Debating the Education and Work Act |
| Message | As usual there is no divergence from the libertarian doctrine >_> |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 126 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 82 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 91 |
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