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Bill: Worker's Control Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: MWR - Market Socialists
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: August 4580
Description[?]:
| An act outlining the decentralization and collectivisation of the economy with respect of course being given to the laws of the market. Worker's should own the means of production and by extension should be entitled to either fair compensation for labour performed or receive the full product of their own labour. Under no circumstances does the MWR advocate for central planning |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on Democratic Workers' Councils.
Old value:: Democratic Workers' Councils are not permitted to run a business.
Current: The government does not intervene in the marketplace with regards to Democratic Workers' Councils.
Proposed: The government does not intervene in the marketplace with regards to Democratic Workers' Councils.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Radio stations.
Old value:: All radio stations are private.
Current: All radio stations are private.
Proposed: All radio stations are owned by independent non-profit-making cooperatives which receive no subsidies from the government.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Television stations.
Old value:: All television media are private.
Current: All television media are private.
Proposed: All TV stations are owned by independent non-profit-making cooperatives which receive no subsidies from the government.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Trade union strike ballots.
Old value:: Trade unions must by law hold a ballot of all members before going on strike, a majority of all members, regardless of if they vote or not must approve the strike action.
Current: Trade unions must by law hold a ballot of all members before going on strike, majority approval of those that vote is needed from its members.
Proposed: Trade unions are not required by law to hold a ballot before striking.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change The workers' right to strike.
Old value:: All workers, except certain categories of workers regarded as critical to society, have the right to strike.
Current: All workers have the right to strike but certain categories of workers regarded as critical to society have to ensure a minimal service.
Proposed: All workers have the right to strike.
Article 6
Proposal[?] to change Secondary strike action.
Old value:: Secondary strike action is illegal. Workers and unions can only go on strike for their own pay and conditions.
Current: Any trade union can go on a sympathy strike in support of other striking workers.
Proposed: Any trade union can go on a sympathy strike in support of other striking workers.
Article 7
Proposal[?] to change Government policy towards labor unions.
Old value:: Only government-run trade unions exist and membership in them is compulsory.
Current: Trade unions may exist and worker membership is voluntary.
Proposed: Trade unions may exist and worker membership is voluntary.
Article 8
Proposal[?] to change Policy on monopolies (this general law is superceded by other laws relating to specific parts of the economy).
Old value:: There is no policy on monopolies, they are unregulated.
Current: Monopolies are forbidden, and are actively broken up.
Proposed: Monopolies are forbidden, and are actively broken up.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 17:25:23, May 23, 2019 CET | From | National Right | To | Debating the Worker's Control Act |
| Message | Mr Speaker, Centralisation? Disgusting. |
| Date | 12:47:29, May 24, 2019 CET | From | Socialist Party | To | Debating the Worker's Control Act |
| Message | Mr Speaker, We are sorry but our factions advocates central planning, which is the only way to give the workers what they deserve. We cannot let anything go to the market, which is the sole responsible for the impoverishment of the lower classes and the middle classes. |
| Date | 14:43:19, May 24, 2019 CET | From | MWR - Market Socialists | To | Debating the Worker's Control Act |
| Message | Mr. Speaker, While I do respect my comrades in the ecologist faction, it should be noted that the free market is only exploitive of the worker's plight because of the capitalist classes manipulation of market principles from this manipulation comes economic privilege and inhumanity to man. We wish to preserve the market as a proven method of exchanging goods and services while eliminating bosses, corporate power, and state intervention in order to bring about the social revolution. Central planning should be rejected in favour of anti capitalist freed markets on the grounds that the former method of distributing goods and services is woefully ineffective. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 135 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 358 | ||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 107 |
| Random fact: If there are no parties in your nation with seats, feel free to visit the forum and request an early election on the Early Election Requests thread: http://forum.particracy.net/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=4362 |
| Random quote: "All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood." - Universal Declaration of Human Rights |