“common-sense policy. Your Uber driver is a worker by any other name.”
Modern Worker and Consumer Rights Bill of 2021
Rationale
As the economy modernizes and develops, it becomes necessary to reform our statutes to reflect this new reality. We propose extending consumer protections for the longer expected lifespans of modern products, and present the revision of the classification of at-will employees to protect their rights
Proposed Changes
| Law | Previous | Proposed | ||
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| 1 | Consumer Protection |
Statutory refund/replace for faulty goods within a set period; basic safety standards
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Lifetime right to repair, mandatory long warranties, automatic recalls, class actions, a regulator that fines and bans products
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| 2 | Gig Economy & Platform Workers |
Basic protections (minimum pay, accident insurance) for gig workers
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Gig workers classified as employees with full rights (sick pay, holiday, pensions)
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Consumer Protection2
Gig Economy & Platform WorkersProposer
Party
Democratic Radical Federation
The responsibility of any person is to protect the shared heritage of mankind for the next generation and it is the responsibility of the state to facilitate healthy and safe livelihoods and freedoms so that free persons can do their duty to their planet and their progeny.
Core pillars
Wilhelm Berger
Activist · Age 31
A sharp-tongued policy wonk from a working-class background who clawed his way into academia before turning to politics, driven by a hunger to dismantle the systems that kept people like him on the margins.
Timeline
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Draft21 March 2021
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Vote Open10 May 2021
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Vote Closed9 July 2021
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Became Law9 July 2021
Vote tally
Live tally across each chamber. Weighted by seats held.
Rikstag
PassedFor: 587 / 349 seats (168.2%)
Against: 270 · Abstained: 0 · Not voted: 0
| Party | Seats | Vote | Reason |
|---|---|---|---|
| Christian Democratic Alliance | 0 | Yes | Imagine you are a working class family, the breadwinner, and you must replace a stove suddenly after it breaks? Because a warranty went up right before it up and went faulty? It is very troubling to think about all the families who had gone broke for a new appliance, only for it no to work. We wholeheartedly support this bill. |
| Democratic Radical Federation Proposer | 217 | Yes | No reason given |
| Ecologist And Social-Liberal Union | 74 | Yes | common-sense policy. Your Uber driver is a worker by any other name. |
| Gothic Socialist Group | 296 | Yes | Progressive forward thinking workers protection |
| Liberal Democrats | 270 | No | impractical and will raise unemployment rate |
| National Marxist People's League | 0 | Abstain | No reason given |
Voting record
Every vote must state a public reason. Most recent first.
“Imagine you are a working class family, the breadwinner, and you must replace a stove suddenly after it breaks? Because a warranty went up right before it up and went faulty? It is very troubling to think about all the families who had gone broke for a new appliance, only for it no to work. We wholeheartedly support this bill.”
“impractical and will raise unemployment rate”
“Progressive forward thinking workers protection”