We are working on a brand new version of the game! If you want to stay informed, read our blog and register for our mailing list.
Bill: Workers Rights Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: 変化する (Change)
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: September 4409
Description[?]:
| It's as simple as this: our economic system is immoral. We must reform it radically and ensure we have a prosperous economy that protects people, specially those who work and have been ignored or mistreated for too long. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning child labour.
Old value:: Child labour is regulated by local governments.
Current: Child labour is forbidden.
Proposed: Child labour is forbidden.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Collective bargaining
Old value:: Local governments decide whether to allow 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 The government's policy towards daily working hours.
Old value:: The government has no policy concerning daily working hours.
Current: The government obligates trade unions and employers to negotiate the daily number of working hours.
Proposed: Daily working hours are regulated by the government.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Employer's rights in regards to firing striking workers.
Old value:: Employers can fire workers who are deemed to have gone on strike without reasonable reasons.
Current: Employers can fire workers who are deemed to have gone on strike without reasonable reasons.
Proposed: Employers cannot fire workers who have gone on strike.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change The nation's policy on minimum wage regulation.
Old value:: There is no provision for a minimum wage.
Current: There shall be a minimum wage at a level that a single full time worker on it can adequately subsist.
Proposed: There shall be a minimum wage at a level that a single full time worker on it can adequately subsist.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 04:10:25, June 15, 2018 CET | From | 人民党 (People’s Party) | To | Debating the Workers Rights Act |
| Message | “To my colleagues and I this bill is a mixed bag. We applaud the right to collective bargaining, and banning child labor. But it also establishes a minimum wage which is quite frankly at such an outrageous sum that it cannot be implemented or it will ruin our economy. So we will stand against it. |
| Date | 04:11:22, June 15, 2018 CET | From | 人民党 (People’s Party) | To | Debating the Workers Rights Act |
| Message | OOC: sorry accidentally clicked post message. |
| Date | 10:28:05, June 15, 2018 CET | From | Jiyū Party of Sekouo (自由党) | To | Debating the Workers Rights Act |
| Message | Our current economic system is not in anyway immoral, it is by far the most moral economic system in all of Terra. Our people are truly free to pursue in what they wish as long as it doesn't infringe on another individuals rights. Our economic system is all about providing for all through market forces pushed along by voluntary exchange. |
| Date | 11:38:44, June 15, 2018 CET | From | 変化する (Change) | To | Debating the Workers Rights Act |
| Message | People who are poor don't have the freedom to pursue what they want because essential services like healthcare and education are unaffordable and they are mistreated by their employees who are allowed to pay them miserable wages, to fire them when they go on strike and to put them working for an inhumane amount of hours. Our economic system doesn't provide for all, it provides for some in the top. The big companies stop having any regulation preventing them from destroying smaller companies and as such turn into big monopolies that present a danger to this country and its people. The rich have the chance to run from paying taxes and can profit off the misery of others as much as they want and destroy the environment for their own benefit as much as they want. We need to change that and guarantee big corporations and the rich ones don't explore others for their own benefit. A fairer economic system is not only necessary, it's a moral obligation towards those that have worked all their lives for miserable wages and lack of recognition. |
| Date | 11:40:30, June 15, 2018 CET | From | 変化する (Change) | To | Debating the Workers Rights Act |
| Message | We will change Article 1 so it establishes a lower minimum wage that companies and government can afford to pay. Saki Hamasaki, Spokesperson of Change |
| Date | 06:41:47, June 16, 2018 CET | From | 人民党 (People’s Party) | To | Debating the Workers Rights Act |
| Message | We thank you for compromising on the minimum wage. As such our party shall vote in favor of this bill. |
subscribe to this discussion - unsubscribe
Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||
| yes |
Total Seats: 35 | ||
| no | Total Seats: 0 | ||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 142 |
| Random fact: Jelbic = "Group of cultures with an overall Central Asian/Eurasian steppe theme, using a fictional language developed specifically for Particracy". |
| Random quote: "I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the colour of their skin but by the content of their character." - Martin Luther King Jr. |