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Bill: Economic Changes
Details
Submitted by[?]: Zuma for Likatonia 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 2224
Description[?]:
| We present the following proposals for consideration. In line with our party platform, we propose nationalising energy production, allowing workers the fundamental right to freely strike and become owners of the factories they currently work in, and to make the press a servant of the proloteriet of Valruzia. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Energy regulation.
Old value:: Energy is provided by private companies which are not subject to any special regulations.
Current: Energy is provided by private companies which are not subject to any special regulations.
Proposed: Energy is provided by nationalised companies.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Employer's rights in regards to firing striking workers.
Old value:: Employers can fire workers who are deemed to have gone on strike without reasonable reasons.
Current: Government approval is needed before strikers can be fired.
Proposed: Employers cannot fire workers who have gone on strike.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Radio stations.
Old value:: The government subsidises a national radio station for educational and informational purposes; other private non-subsidised radio stations are allowed.
Current: All radio stations are private.
Proposed: All radio stations are owned by the state.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Television stations.
Old value:: The government subsidises a national TV station for educational and informational purposes; other private non-subsidised TV stations are allowed.
Current: All television media are private.
Proposed: All television stations are owned by the state.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change The workers' right to strike.
Old value:: All workers have the right to strike but certain categories of workers regarded as critical to society have to ensure a minimal service.
Current: All workers, except public employees, have the right to strike.
Proposed: All workers have the right to strike.
Article 6
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on Democratic Workers' Councils.
Old value:: The government does not intervene in the marketplace with regards to Democratic Workers' Councils.
Current: The government does not intervene in the marketplace with regards to Democratic Workers' Councils.
Proposed: The government requires all businesses to be run by Democratic Workers' Councils.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 16:51:57, May 06, 2006 CET | From |  Sophian Party for Social Anarchism | To | Debating the Economic Changes |
| Message | i just recently proposed that media be independent non-profits, i feel that has also gives power to the people and would prefer that to state ownership, everything else sounds ok |
| Date | 19:14:56, May 06, 2006 CET | From | Federal Progressive Party | To | Debating the Economic Changes |
| Message | Yes to 1, no to the rest. To Article 5, I'm sure that people will be happy that the next time those power plant workers strike, they will be left without power, or when their relatives and friends are left to die when all the doctors and nurses strike, or when criminals are let loose on the streets, with nobody re-arresting them, when the police strike... |
| Date | 03:35:33, May 07, 2006 CET | From | Zuma for Likatonia Party | To | Debating the Economic Changes |
| Message | To VA: We agree somewhat, however we feel that the proposal did not go far enough. State ownership will establish a dictatorship of the worker and that shall bring power to the people. To the FPP: We thank you for your support of article 1. Article 5 will never have situation that you envisage. Workers will not want to strike when they own the means of production. If capitalists own the factories, then the employers will be forced to keep standards high so that the workers don't strike. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||||
| yes | Total Seats: 73 | ||||||
| no |
Total Seats: 228 | ||||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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