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Bill: Let's Get back to Work
Details
Submitted by[?]: Restoration Party
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: April 2294
Description[?]:
| There's far too many strikes going on, hurting our competitiveness. Sure, trade unions have a right to exist, but this is excessive. Let's make sure all strikes are voluntary (and monarchist!) |
Proposals
Article 1
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: Only closely related trade unions can walk out on a sympathy strike in support of other striking workers.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The workers' right to strike.
Old value:: All workers have the right to strike.
Current: All workers, except certain categories of workers regarded as critical to society, have the right to strike.
Proposed: All workers have the right to strike but certain categories of workers regarded as critical to society have to ensure a minimal service.
Article 3
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 encourages the formation of Democratic Workers' Councils through subsidies and tax exemptions.
Proposed: The government does not intervene in the marketplace with regards to Democratic Workers' Councils.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 00:01:33, October 04, 2006 CET | From |  Restoration Party | To | Debating the Let's Get back to Work |
| Message | Let me know if you can support this |
| Date | 02:51:14, October 04, 2006 CET | From | United People's Party | To | Debating the Let's Get back to Work |
| Message | Opposed. |
| Date | 13:35:14, October 04, 2006 CET | From | Valruzian National Party | To | Debating the Let's Get back to Work |
| Message | Oppression, pure and simple. |
| Date | 14:06:50, October 05, 2006 CET | From | True Valruzians | To | Debating the Let's Get back to Work |
| Message | One would suggest oppression is allowing Trade Unions to effectively control a nation, or that a business that you have set up is handed over to the people who work in it, for no reason other than that htey work in it. That is oppression. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 241 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 217 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 42 |
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