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Bill: Open Shops
Details
Submitted by[?]: Progress for Kalistan (PfK)
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 4682
Description[?]:
| Legislation to ensure that lack of union membership does not prevent individuals from seeking employment. |
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:: Union shops and agency shops are legal, but closed shops are not.
Current: Closed shops, union shops and agency shops are legal.
Proposed: Only open shops are legal.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 04:48:27, December 18, 2019 CET | From | Socialist Party of Kalistan (SPoK) | To | Debating the Open Shops |
| Message | Comrade Speaker, The Socialists must oppose this bill. Closed shops guarantee union participation and worker power. We support closed shops but will not help move the economy away from unionization. We yield. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes |
Total Seats: 750 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 0 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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