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Bill: National Work Reform Act (NWRA)
Details
Submitted by[?]: Order of Valtiel
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 2308
Description[?]:
| Smart and proper reform of the nations labor policies. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Employer's rights in regards to firing striking workers.
Old value:: Government approval is needed before strikers can be fired.
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 2
Proposal[?] to change The nation's policy on minimum wage regulation.
Old value:: There shall be a minimum wage at a level considered a "living wage," well above the poverty line for a full time worker.
Current: There shall be a minimum wage at a level that a single full time worker on it can adequately subsist.
Proposed: There is no provision for a minimum wage.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Secondary strike action.
Old value:: Only closely related trade unions can walk out 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: Secondary strike action is illegal. Workers and unions can only go on strike for their own pay and conditions.
Article 4
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 have the right to strike.
Proposed: All strikes are illegal.
Article 5
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: Democratic Workers' Councils are not permitted to run a business.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 23:59:21, November 01, 2006 CET | From | Fascist Zealotry League | To | Debating the National Work Reform Act (NWRA) |
| Message | The positive effects you propose in the first couple of articles are erased by the next three. We will have to abstain. |
| Date | 01:24:29, November 02, 2006 CET | From | Order of Valtiel | To | Debating the National Work Reform Act (NWRA) |
| Message | No it works out perfectly, the peasants are crushed under the boots of their betters and everyone benefits! |
| Date | 13:22:31, November 02, 2006 CET | From | New Theta | To | Debating the National Work Reform Act (NWRA) |
| Message | We'd support Article 2 and perhaps 3, but no to the others. We will have to abstain. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes |
Total Seats: 46 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 188 | |||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 166 |
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