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Bill: Workers' Rights Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: People's Party of Rutania
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: November 2325
Description[?]:
| Article 1: Proposes that employers may only terminate strikers deemed to have left their positions for no reason, rather than the current ruling that they may be fired at any time for their actions, no matter how vaild the complaint(s). Article 2: Promotes a worker's right to strike on behalf of his or her peers employed in similar industries across the nation who have initiated such actions for a just cause. Article 3: Proposes that any worker has the right to vote no matter their occupation. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Employer's rights in regards to firing striking workers.
Old value:: Employers are free to fire workers who go on strike.
Current: Employers cannot fire workers who have gone on strike.
Proposed: Employers can fire workers who are deemed to have gone on strike without reasonable reasons.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Secondary strike action.
Old value:: Secondary strike action is illegal. Workers and unions can only go on strike for their own pay and conditions.
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 3
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 but certain categories of workers regarded as critical to society have to ensure a minimal service.
Proposed: All workers have the right to strike.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 04:18:57, December 06, 2006 CET | From | Rutanian Conservative Party | To | Debating the Workers' Rights Act |
| Message | The RFP agrees with this bill and will vote yes in it's current form. |
| Date | 12:21:09, December 06, 2006 CET | From | Democratic Socialist's | To | Debating the Workers' Rights Act |
| Message | We support this bill |
| Date | 16:43:15, December 06, 2006 CET | From | National Radical Union | To | Debating the Workers' Rights Act |
| Message | The National Reformist Union is opposed to such proposals. |
| Date | 00:58:30, December 07, 2006 CET | From | Rutanian Conservative Party | To | Debating the Workers' Rights Act |
| Message | Why is the NRU opposed to this proposal? |
| Date | 18:20:51, December 07, 2006 CET | From | National Radical Union | To | Debating the Workers' Rights Act |
| Message | We are opposed to what you propose simply because it impedes on employers' rights, and thus is a burden on the economy. |
| Date | 00:08:08, December 08, 2006 CET | From | Rutanian Conservative Party | To | Debating the Workers' Rights Act |
| Message | So you think that workers should be fired for going on strike for good reasons? |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 227 | |||
| no |
Total Seats: 372 | |||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: RP laws follow the same passing rules as in-game variable laws. Laws that are not of a constitutional nature require a simple majority "Yes" vote from active parties currently holding seats. Laws that are of a constitutional nature require a 2/3 majority "Yes" vote from active parties currently holding seats. RP laws may be abolished a simple majority vote this applies to ANY RP law. |
| Random quote: "The truth is that men are tired of liberty." - Benito Mussolini |