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Bill: The Pro-Slavery Bill
Details
Submitted by[?]: Pro-Slavery Party
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: June 4760
Description[?]:
| Bill for the gradual and partial reinstitution of slavery in several areas of society. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The professional retirement age.
Old value:: 58
Current: 65
Proposed: 75
Article 2
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 are illegal.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Collective bargaining
Old value:: Public and private sector employees have the right to collectively bargain
Current: Public and private sector employees have the right to collectively bargain
Proposed: No employees may engage in collective bargaining
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy towards daily working hours.
Old value:: Daily working hours are regulated by the government.
Current: The government obligates trade unions and employers to negotiate the daily number of working hours.
Proposed: The government has no policy concerning daily working hours.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change Employer's rights in regards to firing striking workers.
Old value:: Employers cannot fire workers who have gone on strike.
Current: Employers can fire workers who are deemed to have gone on strike without reasonable reasons.
Proposed: Employers are free to fire workers who go on strike.
Article 6
Proposal[?] to change Policy on employee representation on corporate boards
Old value:: One third of corporate boards must consist of employees
Current: No employee representation is required on corporate boards
Proposed: No employee representation is required on corporate boards
Article 7
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 is no provision for a minimum wage.
Proposed: There is no provision for a minimum wage.
Article 8
Proposal[?] to change Positive discrimination.
Old value:: The government sets compulsory quotas for hiring women, minorities and marginalized groups.
Current: No form of positive discrimination is permitted.
Proposed: The government discriminates against minorities in its hiring.
Article 9
Proposal[?] to change Secondary strike action.
Old value:: Any trade union can go on a sympathy strike in support of other striking workers.
Current: Secondary strike action is illegal. Workers and unions can only go on strike for their own pay and conditions.
Proposed: Secondary strike action is illegal. Workers and unions can only go on strike for their own pay and conditions.
Article 10
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 but certain categories of workers regarded as critical to society have to ensure a minimal service.
Proposed: All strikes are illegal.
Article 11
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on Democratic Workers' Councils.
Old value:: The government requires all businesses to be run by Democratic Workers' Councils.
Current: The government does not intervene in the marketplace with regards to Democratic Workers' Councils.
Proposed: Democratic Workers' Councils are not permitted to run a business.
Article 12
Proposal[?] to change Voting rights of criminals.
Old value:: Criminals released from jail are allowed to vote after a certain period of time.
Current: Criminals are always allowed to vote, regardless of whether they are in jail or not.
Proposed: Criminals released from jail are not allowed to vote.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 17:31:47, May 22, 2020 CET | From |  Hizb Muasisiun | To | Debating the The Pro-Slavery Bill |
| Message | Free radicals rather like Articles 6 and 11. |
| Date | 14:13:52, May 23, 2020 CET | From | Egoist Union | To | Debating the The Pro-Slavery Bill |
| Message | Our party represents just a sum of self-interests of individuals, but most members of our party are workers or middle class. This can't be allowed. It isn't a position of "fairness", it's just how voting system allocates political power. We don't care about a small portion of individuals being slaves, and even think it is beneficial, but full stratification of society is not desirable simply due to whose interests we represent. |
| Date | 16:10:47, May 23, 2020 CET | From | Pro-Slavery Party | To | Debating the The Pro-Slavery Bill |
| Message | The Egoist Union recognises the partial need for slavery - it is thus not a foe, but a friend, who we will greet with open arms in all matters regarding the great moral fight of our time - that for the legalisation of slavery. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes |
Total Seats: 142 | |||
| no |
Total Seats: 258 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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