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Bill: Bill LP-032: Minister Asper's Industry Package Part I (Labour Reform)
Details
Submitted by[?]: Liberal Party of Hutori
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: May 5093
Description[?]:
| Mr. Speaker, Unions have become too powerful in this country. Instead of providing workers with the choice of union membership, the Hutori government has become too pro-union. With the passage of this bill, that bias will be fixed. Instead of a pro-union stance, this bill will make the Hutori government's stance toward unions a neutral one. It is imperative that we protect worker bargaining rights, but it is also imperative that we ensure workers have the choice to be a part of a union or not. Samuel Asper MP for Carter City West Minister of Trade and Industry |
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:: Closed shops, union shops and agency shops are legal.
Current: Only open shops are legal.
Proposed: Agency shops are legal, but closed shops and union shops are not.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy towards daily working hours.
Old value:: The government obligates trade unions and employers to negotiate the daily number of working hours.
Current: Daily working hours are regulated by the government.
Proposed: The government has no policy concerning daily working hours.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on Democratic Workers' Councils.
Old value:: The government encourages the formation of Democratic Workers' Councils through subsidies and tax exemptions.
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 4
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: Government approval is needed before strikers can be fired.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 20:38:51, March 22, 2022 CET | From | National Hutori Liberation Front | To | Debating the Bill LP-032: Minister Asper's Industry Package Part I (Labour Reform) |
| Message | Mr. speaker say what you will about my economic policy, but the liberal party is so blatantly a puppet of large business its almost laughable. I whole heartedly believe that a rock would be able to propose better legislation that the liberal party |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes | Total Seats: 70 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 135 | ||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 0 |
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