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Bill: (NP) National Party Bill - Closed, Union & Agency Shop Ban
Details
Submitted by[?]: Liberal Party of Hutori
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: October 4427
Description[?]:
| Banning all forms of union shops in which the employee is either forced or penalised for not being a member of said union. |
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:: Closed shops, union shops and agency shops are legal.
Current: Only open shops are legal.
Proposed: Only open shops are legal.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 02:13:57, July 22, 2018 CET | From | Liberal Party of Hutori | To | Debating the (NP) National Party Bill - Closed, Union & Agency Shop Ban |
| Message | Mr Speaker I rise to speak on an issue that restricting individuals rights to freedom of association. The current law allows unions to discriminate against non-members and either force them to join the union or outright not hire them on the basis of their union membership. We believe this is wrong and goes against the values of our nation. While we support the right for workers to unionise and for unions to advocate for workers rights, we will NEVER support closed, union and agency shops, which divide our workers, and force individuals to sign up to unions which may not advocate for policies they believe in. A prime example is a union which may advocate for traditional marriage policies, employees who are LGBT who might work in a shop owned by a union, will be forced to pay union fees to this said union, which will advocate policies against the employees own interests. I call on all parties to support this bill. Zoe Kennedy MP for Saint John South Leader of the (NP) National Party |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 152 | ||||
| no | Total Seats: 202 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 51 |
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