Worker Empowerment And Fair Labor Act of 2020 - Columbia

Rationale

These changes address exploitation by ensuring fair wages, safer hours, and economic democracy through worker ownership for shared prosperity.

Proposed Changes

	Law	Previous	Proposed
1	Maximum Working Hours	48-hour weekly maximum	40-hour weekly maximum with overtime controls
2	Minimum Wage Policy	Basic minimum wage	High living wage
3	Trade Union Rights	Full collective bargaining and strike rights	All enterprises must be majority worker-owned cooperatives

1

Maximum Working Hours

Previous law

48-hour weekly maximum

40-hour weekly maximum with overtime controls

2

Minimum Wage Policy

Previous law

Basic minimum wage

High living wage

3

Trade Union Rights

Previous law

Full collective bargaining and strike rights

All enterprises must be majority worker-owned cooperatives

Proposer

Party

Peoples Columbian Socialist Alliance

The Peoples Columbian Socialist Alliance is a political party founded on the principles of Workers protections, Redistribution, education and Social safety nets. We strive for the end of exploitation , equality and equity and the growth of democratic socialist movement.

Core pillars

Katherine Mitchell

Presidency · Age 48

104,940 social followers

A seasoned political strategist and longtime party loyalist, Katherine Mitchell rose from grassroots organizing to become the party’s most trusted liaison between leadership and business elites, wielding both fiery rhetoric and insider clout to advance its agenda.

🎤 Fantastic Speaker 🌟 Idealist 🤝 Loyal 🏙️ Street Smart 🔗 Well Connected

Timeline

Draft

27 September 2020
Vote Open

22 October 2020
Vote Closed

21 December 2020
Did Not Become Law

21 December 2020

Vote tally

Live tally across each chamber. Weighted by seats held.

Senate

Failed

0Yes 87No 13Not voted 100 seats

For: 0 / 100 seats (0.0%)

Against: 87 · Abstained: 0 · Not voted: 13

50.1% of those voting must vote in favour (actual = 0.0%)

Party	Seats	Vote	Reason
Conservative Alliance Of Columbia (CAC)	79	No	First, you want to work 40hr work week while earning living wage? Even in socialism countries, this isn't possible. Secondly, why do you want to chase away investors by saying enterprises must be workers owned? After the suffer to build it up then workers will come take over?
Free Citizens Alliance	8	No	A higher minimum wage will cut jobs, article #3 will stop business owners from making a living, and article #3 will deprive business owners of the fruits of their hard work
Peoples Columbian Socialist Alliance Proposer	0	Yes	No reason given
Socialism Alliance Of Columbia	0	No	Everything here destroys the economy. You don't choose one against the other.
greenlikeleft	0	Yes	because we think that its better for everyone in the working class because you then get more money
Empty seats	26	Not voted

House of Representatives

Failed

89Yes 145No 201Not voted 435 seats

For: 89 / 435 seats (20.5%)

Against: 145 · Abstained: 0 · Not voted: 201

50.1% of those voting must vote in favour (actual = 38.0%)

Party	Seats	Vote	Reason
Conservative Alliance Of Columbia (CAC)	83	No	First, you want to work 40hr work week while earning living wage? Even in socialism countries, this isn't possible. Secondly, why do you want to chase away investors by saying enterprises must be workers owned? After the suffer to build it up then workers will come take over?
Free Citizens Alliance	47	No	A higher minimum wage will cut jobs, article #3 will stop business owners from making a living, and article #3 will deprive business owners of the fruits of their hard work
Peoples Columbian Socialist Alliance Proposer	89	Yes	No reason given
Socialism Alliance Of Columbia	15	No	Everything here destroys the economy. You don't choose one against the other.
greenlikeleft	0	Yes	because we think that its better for everyone in the working class because you then get more money
Empty seats	103	Not voted

Presidency

Failed

0Yes 1No 0Not voted 1 seat

For: 0 / 1 seats (0.0%)

Against: 1 · Abstained: 0 · Not voted: 0

Passes unless the office holder votes against (abstention counts as pass)

Party	Seats	Vote	Reason
Conservative Alliance Of Columbia (CAC)	1	No	No reason given

Voting record

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

Conservative Alliance Of Columbia (CAC)

Voted Dec. 3, 2020

No

“First, you want to work 40hr work week while earning living wage? Even in socialism countries, this isn't possible. Secondly, why do you want to chase away investors by saying enterprises must be workers owned? After the suffer to build it up then workers will come take over?”

S

Socialism Alliance Of Columbia

Voted Dec. 3, 2020

No

“Everything here destroys the economy. You don't choose one against the other.”

greenlikeleft

Voted Nov. 15, 2020

Yes

“because we think that its better for everyone in the working class because you then get more money”

Free Citizens Alliance

Voted Nov. 4, 2020

No

“A higher minimum wage will cut jobs, article #3 will stop business owners from making a living, and article #3 will deprive business owners of the fruits of their hard work”