“While some of these polices are excellent, we cannot accept”
Worker Empowerment And Rights Act of 2024
Rationale
These changes end corporate exploitation by ensuring safety, stability, and worker control, cutting preventable harm and inequality while boosting public health and economic fairness.
Proposed Changes
| Law | Previous | Proposed | ||
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| 1 | Workplace Safety |
Statutory safety standards enforced by a labour inspectorate
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Zero tolerance: employers criminally liable for any preventable death or injury
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| 2 | Zero-Hour & On-Call Contracts |
Permitted with minimum notice and pay for cancelled shifts
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Ban all unstable employment contracts
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| 3 | Severance & Redundancy Pay |
Statutory severance for long-serving staff
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Job for life: dismissal only for gross misconduct
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| 4 | Trade Union Rights |
Full collective bargaining and strike rights
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All enterprises must be majority worker-owned cooperatives
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| 5 | Worker Representation on Company Boards |
No requirement; boards are the shareholders' business
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Majority worker representation on company boards
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Workplace Safety2
Zero-Hour & On-Call Contracts3
Severance & Redundancy Pay4
Trade Union Rights5
Worker Representation on Company BoardsProposer
Party
People's Revolutionary Communist Front
The Party is a vanguard of revolutionary action, guided by Castro and Guevara’s anti-imperialist legacy and Marxist-Leninist principles. We unite the working masses through revolutionary consciousness and armed struggle, determined to overthrow capitalist exploitation!
Core pillars
Bernard Blake
Presidency · Age 45
The heir to a industrial fortune, Bernard Blake leverages his wealth and sharp instincts for political maneuvering, using his connections to navigate the complexities of grassroots and high-level activism.
Timeline
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Draft22 July 2024
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Vote Open22 July 2024
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Vote Closed20 September 2024
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Did Not Become Law20 September 2024
Vote tally
Live tally across each chamber. Weighted by seats held.
House of Representatives
FailedFor: 135 / 435 seats (31.0%)
Against: 278 · Abstained: 0 · Not voted: 22
| Party | Seats | Vote | Reason |
|---|---|---|---|
| Green Social Union | 40 | Yes | While the GSU does not support jobs for life or the gutting of on-call contracts, the GSU stands in solidarity with the PRCF and the workers. |
| Homeland Union | 103 | No | this would destroy the free market |
| Pax Americana | 86 | No | these proposals would make Broadlands super uncompetitive |
| People's Revolutionary Communist Front Proposer | 95 | Yes | No reason given |
| Progressive Reform | 89 | No | While some of these polices are excellent, we cannot accept |
Senate
FailedFor: 27 / 100 seats (27.0%)
Against: 67 · Abstained: 0 · Not voted: 6
| Party | Seats | Vote | Reason |
|---|---|---|---|
| Green Social Union | 14 | Yes | While the GSU does not support jobs for life or the gutting of on-call contracts, the GSU stands in solidarity with the PRCF and the workers. |
| Homeland Union | 23 | No | this would destroy the free market |
| Pax Americana | 29 | No | these proposals would make Broadlands super uncompetitive |
| People's Revolutionary Communist Front Proposer | 13 | Yes | No reason given |
| Progressive Reform | 15 | No | While some of these polices are excellent, we cannot accept |
| Empty seats | 6 | Not voted |
Presidency
PassedFor: 1 / 1 seats (100.0%)
Against: 0 · Abstained: 0 · Not voted: 0
| Party | Seats | Vote | Reason |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bernard Blake Proposer | 1 | Yes | No reason given |
Voting record
Every vote must state a public reason. Most recent first.
“While the GSU does not support jobs for life or the gutting of on-call contracts, the GSU stands in solidarity with the PRCF and the workers.”
“this would destroy the free market”
“these proposals would make Broadlands super uncompetitive”