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Bill: Flexibility in the Labour Market Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Agramontian League (AL)
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: March 4481
Description[?]:
| Legislation which ensures that workers can be hired and fired easily is essential to ensuring labour market flexibility and robust economic performance. Arianna Pasquali, Speaker of the Agramontian League |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The workers' right to strike.
Old value:: All workers have the right to strike.
Current: All workers have the right to strike.
Proposed: All workers have the right to strike but certain categories of workers regarded as critical to society have to ensure a minimal service.
Article 2
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 considered a "living wage," well above the poverty line for a full time worker.
Proposed: There shall be a minimum wage at a level that a single full time worker on it can adequately subsist.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change The government's stance on a salary cap.
Old value:: There is a national maximum wage but local governments may enforce stricter salary caps.
Current: The government enforces a salary cap.
Proposed: The government has no stance on a salary cap.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on Democratic Workers' Councils.
Old value:: The government requires most industries to be fully run by Democratic Workers' Councils.
Current: The government requires most industries to be fully run by Democratic Workers' Councils.
Proposed: The government does not intervene in the marketplace with regards to Democratic Workers' Councils.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 16:22:56, November 05, 2018 CET | From | United Kalistani Worker’s Front | To | Debating the Flexibility in the Labour Market Act |
| Message | Absolutely not. This bill rolls back decades, if not centuries, of worker’s rights. Our responses to the articles are as follows- 1- The right to Strike must be universal. This is non-negotiable. 2- The minimum wage absolutely must be high enough for a worker to support his family on. 3- Without a Salary Cap, the Corporation Owners will continue to pay themselves more and more, and, in conjunction with article 2, at the expense of their workers 4- Without the Councils, The corporations will return to the exploitative practices of the past |
| Date | 16:47:01, November 05, 2018 CET | From | Social Democratic Party of Kalistan. | To | Debating the Flexibility in the Labour Market Act |
| Message | Unfortunately, we'll have to disagree and go against all the provisions by the Agramontian League. (1) There should be no restrictions on the Right to Strike. It is the only means of workers to object and resist their exploitation. (2) Minimum wage should be such that a worker or any employee can sustain his family. Though we accept economic scarcity,no negos. (3)No comment. (4) Same as above. Dr Tereschenko. |
| Date | 17:07:01, November 05, 2018 CET | From | Socialist Party of Kalistan (SPoK) | To | Debating the Flexibility in the Labour Market Act |
| Message | We oppose. This bill does not allow for flexibility: It hands the labor market over to the wolves. I mean, the Capitalists. -John Henry Bennots, Speaker of the SP. |
| Date | 21:53:45, November 05, 2018 CET | From | Kalistan First | To | Debating the Flexibility in the Labour Market Act |
| Message | This is a very radical change, but we do believe that labor flexibility will improve efficiency in factories. An efficient pool of manufacturing will bring us one step closer to being number one in the world for manufactured goods. -John Jackson |
| Date | 15:47:49, November 06, 2018 CET | From | National Conservative Party | To | Debating the Flexibility in the Labour Market Act |
| Message | We would support articles 1 and 3 if proposed in a separate bill, but 2 and 4 compels us to oppose. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 68 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 155 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 27 |
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