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Workers' Rights And Economic Reform Act of 2024

Failing
passing in 1 of 2 chambers
Opened
22 Jul 2024
Voting closes
20 Sep 2024
Chambers
2 legislatures
Articles
5 changes

Rationale

These changes restore worker power, economic fairness, and public control over essential services to reduce inequality and exploitation.

Proposed Changes

1

Right to Strike
Previous law
Protected with a lawful ballot
Unrestricted right to strike, incl. solidarity action

2

Right to Disconnect
Previous law
No specific right; contracts decide
Statutory right with fines for employers who demand out-of-hours work

3

Public Ownership of Key Industries
Previous law
Private, with strong regulation
Nationalise all key utilities and transport

4

Price-Gouging Regulation
Previous law
Temporary price caps on essentials in declared emergencies
State-controlled prices for essential goods

5

Minimum Wage Policy
Previous law
Basic minimum wage
Maximum wage cap (no one may earn more than 10x the lowest-paid worker)

Timeline

  • Draft
    22 July 2024


  • Vote Open
    22 July 2024


  • Vote Closed
    20 September 2024


  • Did Not Become Law
    20 September 2024

Vote tally

Live tally across each chamber. Weighted by seats held.

House of Representatives

Passed
224Yes 189No 22Not voted 435 seats

For: 224 / 435 seats (51.5%)

Against: 189 · Abstained: 0 · Not voted: 22

50.1% of those voting must vote in favour (actual = 54.2%)
Party Seats Vote
Green Social Union 40 Yes
Homeland Union 103 No
Pax Americana 86 No
People's Revolutionary Communist Front Proposer 95 Yes
Progressive Reform 89 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
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 July 25, 2024
Yes

“As much as the GSU believes some of these changes are over-the-top; the GSU sees that the workers have been neglected by the capitalist parties and any change is one to fight for.”

Homeland Union
Voted July 23, 2024
No

“this would lead to a destruction of our liberal economy”

Pax Americana
Voted July 22, 2024
No

“guaranteeing a price does not make goods appear”

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