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Protecting Workers And Markets Act of 2024

Failing
passing in 0 of 2 chambers
Opened
27 Sep 2024
Voting closes
26 Nov 2024
Chambers
2 legislatures
Articles
5 changes

Rationale

These reforms prioritize worker welfare, food security, and financial stability by protecting livelihoods, ensuring fair wages, and strengthening public health resilience.

Proposed Changes

1

Agricultural Market Regime
Previous law
Mixed regime: tariffs on some staples, intervention only in a crisis
Import quotas and price floors protect domestic farmers

2

Banking & Financial Regulation
Previous law
Deregulated financial centre
Strong prudential oversight

3

Maximum Working Hours
Previous law
40-hour weekly maximum with overtime controls
35-hour weekly maximum

4

Minimum Wage Policy
Previous law
Basic minimum wage
High living wage

5

Paid Sick Leave
Previous law
Employers must pay statutory sick pay
State-funded sick pay from day one, employees and self-employed

Timeline

  • Draft
    27 September 2024


  • Vote Open
    27 September 2024


  • Vote Closed
    26 November 2024


  • Did Not Become Law
    26 November 2024

Vote tally

Live tally across each chamber. Weighted by seats held.

House of Representatives

Failed
198Yes 237No 0Not voted 435 seats

For: 198 / 435 seats (45.5%)

Against: 237 · Abstained: 0 · Not voted: 0

50.1% of those voting must vote in favour (actual = 45.5%)
Party Seats Vote
Broadlands People's Alliance 2 No
Green Social Union 82 Yes
Homeland Union 126 No
Pax Americana 109 No
People's Revolutionary Communist Front Proposer 54 Yes
Progressive Reform 62 Yes

Senate

Failed
42Yes 52No 6Not voted 100 seats

For: 42 / 100 seats (42.0%)

Against: 52 · Abstained: 0 · Not voted: 6

50.1% of those voting must vote in favour (actual = 44.7%)
Party Seats Vote
Broadlands People's Alliance 0 No
Green Social Union 14 Yes
Homeland Union 23 No
Pax Americana 29 No
People's Revolutionary Communist Front Proposer 13 Yes
Progressive Reform 15 Yes
Empty seats 6 Not voted

Presidency

Passed
1Yes 0No 0Not voted 1 seat

For: 1 / 1 seats (100.0%)

Against: 0 · Abstained: 0 · Not voted: 0

Passes unless the office holder votes against (abstention counts as pass)
Party Seats Vote
Bernard Blake Proposer 1 Yes

Voting record

Every vote must state a public reason. Most recent first.

Green Social Union
Voted Oct. 4, 2024
Yes

“While the GSU does not support state-funded sick pay, the GSU does support the other rights that would be given to workers.”

Homeland Union
Voted Sept. 30, 2024
No

“lowering the weekly work hours is bad for our economy”

Pax Americana
Voted Sept. 28, 2024
No

“we are not paying sick leaves from the public treasury”

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