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Bill: Living Wage and Trade Unions Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Liberal Party of Kalistan
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 4681
Description[?]:
| Proposals to increase salaries and protect the economy. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Trade union strike ballots.
Old value:: Trade unions are not required by law to hold a ballot before striking.
Current: Trade unions are not required by law to hold a ballot before striking.
Proposed: 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.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Secondary strike action.
Old value:: Any trade union can go on a sympathy strike in support of other striking workers.
Current: Any trade union can go on a sympathy strike in support of other striking workers.
Proposed: Secondary strike action is illegal. Workers and unions can only go on strike for their own pay and conditions.
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 single full time worker on it can adequately subsist.
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 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 | 19:29:56, December 16, 2019 CET | From | Socialist Party of Kalistan (SPoK) | To | Debating the Living Wage and Trade Unions Act |
| Message | Comrade Speaker, We emphatically oppose the last two articles of this bill and will vote against. These restrictions on labor organization are unsupportable. We will do our best in upcoming terms to reinstate worker protections from the malice of their bosses and the capital they serve. We yield, Rebecca Edwards-Bennots Speaker of the Socialist Party of Kalistan |
| Date | 00:00:23, December 17, 2019 CET | From | Peace and Prosperity Party | To | Debating the Living Wage and Trade Unions Act |
| Message | Mr Speaker, These reforms are essential to democratising trade unions whilst ensuring the rights of workers are adequately upheld. Imogen Walsh, Trade and Industry spokesperson for the Movement for Peace. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 750 | |||||
| no | Total Seats: 0 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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