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Bill: The Workers And Earnings Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Beluzia Socialist People's 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: May 4421
Description[?]:
| The BSPP put forward legislation to improve the power and earnings of our workers in the workplace. |
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:: Agency shops are legal, but closed shops and union shops are not.
Current: This issue is decided by local governments.
Proposed: Union shops and agency shops are legal, but closed shops are not.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Positive discrimination.
Old value:: The government sets compulsory quotas for hiring women, minorities and marginalized groups.
Current: The government encourages positive discrimination and enforces it for government hiring.
Proposed: The government encourages positive discrimination and enforces it for government hiring.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change The nation's policy on minimum wage regulation.
Old value:: There shall be a minimum wage at a level that a full time worker on it can support a family of four without falling under the poverty line.
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 considered a "living wage," well above the poverty line for a full time worker.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 18:17:49, July 08, 2018 CET | From | Beluzian Conservative People's Party | To | Debating the The Workers And Earnings Act |
| Message | Disagree with 1 and 3 |
| Date | 00:11:55, July 09, 2018 CET | From | Alliance | To | Debating the The Workers And Earnings Act |
| Message | The BCP encourages a revision to article 2 |
| Date | 00:21:15, July 09, 2018 CET | From | Beluzia Socialist People's Party | To | Debating the The Workers And Earnings Act |
| Message | What revision would the BCP like to make? |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 361 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 148 | |||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 241 |
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