“I don't really like all the proposals included here”
Workers' Rights And Market Reforms Act of 2024
Rationale
These reforms reduce red tape to boost business efficiency, productivity, and affordability while maintaining essential protections for consumers and workers.
Proposed Changes
| Law | Previous | Proposed | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Consumer Protection |
Lifetime right to repair, mandatory long warranties, automatic recalls, class actions, a regulator that fines and bans products
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Statutory refund/replace for faulty goods within a set period; basic safety standards
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| 2 | Maximum Working Hours |
40-hour weekly maximum with overtime controls
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48-hour weekly maximum
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| 3 | Paid Annual Leave |
6+ weeks statutory paid leave
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~4 weeks statutory paid leave
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| 4 | Public Ownership of Key Industries |
Private, with strong regulation
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Privatise and lightly regulate
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Consumer Protection2
Maximum Working Hours3
Paid Annual Leave4
Public Ownership of Key IndustriesProposer
Party
Homeland Union
The Homeland Union forges strength from tradition and steel to guard our future as one nation under one flag.
Core pillars
Vincent Montgomery
Activist · Age 46
A former working-class electrician turned viral commentator, Vincent Montgomery leveraged his sharp analytical mind and celebrity status to expose systemic inequities, making him a household name for his data-driven exposes on labor conditions.
Timeline
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Draft15 January 2024
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Vote Open15 January 2024
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Vote Closed15 March 2024
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Did Not Become Law15 March 2024
Vote tally
Live tally across each chamber. Weighted by seats held.
House of Representatives
PassedFor: 190 / 435 seats (43.7%)
Against: 159 · Abstained: 0 · Not voted: 86
| Party | Seats | Vote | Reason |
|---|---|---|---|
| Broadlands Social Democrats | 0 | No | We don't support 48hrs work week and private ownership of key industries |
| Green Social Union | 0 | No | Reducing worker and consumer rights while deregulating key industries, this bill harms everyone except for the rich executives and business owners. |
| Homeland Union Proposer | 85 | Yes | No reason given |
| Pax Americana | 105 | Yes | I don't really like all the proposals included here |
| People's Revolutionary Communist Front | 68 | No | No, we can't support this horrible bill |
| Progressive Reform | 91 | No | This bill harms workers |
Senate
PassedFor: 44 / 100 seats (44.0%)
Against: 37 · Abstained: 0 · Not voted: 19
| Party | Seats | Vote | Reason |
|---|---|---|---|
| Broadlands Social Democrats | 0 | No | We don't support 48hrs work week and private ownership of key industries |
| Green Social Union | 0 | No | Reducing worker and consumer rights while deregulating key industries, this bill harms everyone except for the rich executives and business owners. |
| Homeland Union Proposer | 20 | Yes | No reason given |
| Pax Americana | 24 | Yes | I don't really like all the proposals included here |
| People's Revolutionary Communist Front | 16 | No | No, we can't support this horrible bill |
| Progressive Reform | 21 | No | This bill harms workers |
| Empty seats | 6 | Not voted |
Presidency
FailedFor: 0 / 1 seats (0.0%)
Against: 1 · Abstained: 0 · Not voted: 0
| Party | Seats | Vote | Reason |
|---|---|---|---|
| Progressive Reform | 1 | No | No reason given |
Voting record
Every vote must state a public reason. Most recent first.
“We don't support 48hrs work week and private ownership of key industries”
“Reducing worker and consumer rights while deregulating key industries, this bill harms everyone except for the rich executives and business owners.”
“No, we can't support this horrible bill”
“This bill harms workers”