Worker Empowerment Act of 2021 - Drumagh

Rationale

These change initiate the transition towards a worker's economy, so that Drumagh may become a worker's republic and a vanguard nation!

Proposed Changes

	Law	Previous	Proposed
1	Gig Economy & Platform Workers	Gig workers classified as employees with full rights (sick pay, holiday, pensions)	Gig platforms banned; all work must be traditional employment contracts
2	Trade Union Rights	Full collective bargaining and strike rights	All enterprises must be majority worker-owned cooperatives
3	Minimum Wage Policy	Maximum wage cap (no one may earn more than 10x the lowest-paid worker)	Maximum wage cap (no one may earn more than 10x the lowest-paid worker)

1

Gig Economy & Platform Workers

Previous law

Gig workers classified as employees with full rights (sick pay, holiday, pensions)

Gig platforms banned; all work must be traditional employment contracts

2

Trade Union Rights

Previous law

Full collective bargaining and strike rights

All enterprises must be majority worker-owned cooperatives

3

Minimum Wage Policy

Previous law

Maximum wage cap (no one may earn more than 10x the lowest-paid worker)

Timeline

Draft

27 February 2021
Vote Open

27 February 2021
Vote Closed

28 April 2021
Did Not Become Law

28 April 2021

Vote tally

Live tally across each chamber. Weighted by seats held.

First Council of Ministers

Failed

1Yes 67No 32Not voted 100 seats

For: 1 / 100 seats (1.0%)

Against: 67 · Abstained: 0 · Not voted: 32

50.1% of those voting must vote in favour (actual = 1.5%)

Party	Seats	Vote	Reason
Centralist Unity	25	No	Despite being open to tests regarding Article 2, we can not support Articles 1 & 3 as they represent measures we consider too radical to the economy.
Radical Republican Union	42	No	Allthough it is good to regulate digital economy and platforms, we simply cannot agree with the third measure. It would severely hinder our national economy in difficult times.
Revolutionary Maoist Communist Front	0	Yes	This bill lies at the very heart of our revolutionary struggle. By establishing a strict wage cap to eliminate exploitation, banning the precarity of the gig economy to guarantee stable contracts, and above all, mandating that all enterprises become majority worker-owned cooperatives, this legislation deals a fatal blow to the exploiting bourgeoisie. We support any advance that breaks the yoke of monopoly capitalism and restores the means of production to the working people, on the path toward a workers' republic!
Unified Marxist-Leninist Socialist Pact Proposer	1	Yes	No reason given

The People’s Assembly

Failed

3Yes 133No 64Not voted 200 seats

For: 3 / 200 seats (1.5%)

Against: 133 · Abstained: 0 · Not voted: 64

50.1% of those voting must vote in favour (actual = 2.2%)

Party	Seats	Vote	Reason
Centralist Unity	50	No	Despite being open to tests regarding Article 2, we can not support Articles 1 & 3 as they represent measures we consider too radical to the economy.
Radical Republican Union	83	No	Allthough it is good to regulate digital economy and platforms, we simply cannot agree with the third measure. It would severely hinder our national economy in difficult times.
Revolutionary Maoist Communist Front	0	Yes	This bill lies at the very heart of our revolutionary struggle. By establishing a strict wage cap to eliminate exploitation, banning the precarity of the gig economy to guarantee stable contracts, and above all, mandating that all enterprises become majority worker-owned cooperatives, this legislation deals a fatal blow to the exploiting bourgeoisie. We support any advance that breaks the yoke of monopoly capitalism and restores the means of production to the working people, on the path toward a workers' republic!
Unified Marxist-Leninist Socialist Pact Proposer	3	Yes	No reason given

First Citizen

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
Radical Republican Union	1	No	No reason given

Voting record

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

Revolutionary Maoist Communist Front

Voted April 15, 2021

Yes

“This bill lies at the very heart of our revolutionary struggle. By establishing a strict wage cap to eliminate exploitation, banning the precarity of the gig economy to guarantee stable contracts, and above all, mandating that all enterprises become majority worker-owned cooperatives, this legislation deals a fatal blow to the exploiting bourgeoisie. We support any advance that breaks the yoke of monopoly capitalism and restores the means of production to the working people, on the path toward a workers' republic!”

Centralist Unity

Voted Feb. 27, 2021

No

“Despite being open to tests regarding Article 2, we can not support Articles 1 & 3 as they represent measures we consider too radical to the economy.”

Radical Republican Union

Voted Feb. 27, 2021

No

“Allthough it is good to regulate digital economy and platforms, we simply cannot agree with the third measure. It would severely hinder our national economy in difficult times.”