Modern Progressive Rights Reform of 2021 - Matterhorn

Rationale

These reforms strengthen democracy, protect rights, and reduce inequality by ensuring free expression, fair labour, education access, and sustainable cities for all.

Proposed Changes

	Law	Previous	Proposed
1	Media Censorship Policy	Targeted regulation (post-publication fines for incitement/defamation; independent regulator)	Free press (no prior restraints; narrow limits for direct incitement only)
2	University Tuition	Tuition fees	Free higher education for all
3	Public Transport Policy	Mixed transport with subsidized public transit	Public transport priority (car restrictions in city centres; free transit)
4	Child Labour Law	Light work permitted from age 14; full employment from 16	No employment of any kind until age 18
5	Gig Economy & Platform Workers	Platform workers are independent contractors; no protections required	Gig workers classified as employees with full rights (sick pay, holiday, pensions)

1

Media Censorship Policy

Previous law

Targeted regulation (post-publication fines for incitement/defamation; independent regulator)

Free press (no prior restraints; narrow limits for direct incitement only)

2

University Tuition

Previous law

Tuition fees

Free higher education for all

3

Public Transport Policy

Previous law

Mixed transport with subsidized public transit

Public transport priority (car restrictions in city centres; free transit)

4

Child Labour Law

Previous law

Light work permitted from age 14; full employment from 16

No employment of any kind until age 18

5

Gig Economy & Platform Workers

Previous law

Platform workers are independent contractors; no protections required

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

Timeline

Draft

30 January 2021
Vote Open

30 January 2021
Vote Closed

31 March 2021
Did Not Become Law

31 March 2021

Vote tally

Live tally across each chamber. Weighted by seats held.

Bundesrat

Failed

2Yes 5No 0Not voted 7 seats

For: 2 / 7 seats (28.6%)

Against: 5 · Abstained: 0 · Not voted: 0

50.1% of those voting must vote in favour (actual = 28.6%)

Party	Seats	Vote	Reason
Conservative Movement	3	No	We don't support this bill
Democratic Socialist Union Proposer	2	Yes	No reason given
Libertarian Nationalist	0	No	We agree with zero censorship but we believe that 16 and older is fine for some work. Absolutely makes no sense to ban them from work that they may need to survive and help their family. Diabolical.
Reformist League Of Matterhorn	2	No	We find the Child Labor Law unacceptable; children, even if it's light work and with parental authorization, should be able to work, and with their respective regulations to prevent child labor exploitation. But we cannot prohibit it completely

Ständerat

Passed

25Yes 21No 0Not voted 46 seats

For: 25 / 46 seats (54.3%)

Against: 21 · Abstained: 0 · Not voted: 0

50.1% of those voting must vote in favour (actual = 54.3%)

Party	Seats	Vote	Reason
Conservative Movement	13	No	We don't support this bill
Democratic Socialist Union Proposer	25	Yes	No reason given
Libertarian Nationalist	0	No	We agree with zero censorship but we believe that 16 and older is fine for some work. Absolutely makes no sense to ban them from work that they may need to survive and help their family. Diabolical.
Reformist League Of Matterhorn	8	No	We find the Child Labor Law unacceptable; children, even if it's light work and with parental authorization, should be able to work, and with their respective regulations to prevent child labor exploitation. But we cannot prohibit it completely

Nationalrat

Passed

108Yes 92No 0Not voted 200 seats

For: 108 / 200 seats (54.0%)

Against: 92 · Abstained: 0 · Not voted: 0

50.1% of those voting must vote in favour (actual = 54.0%)

Party	Seats	Vote	Reason
Conservative Movement	56	No	We don't support this bill
Democratic Socialist Union Proposer	108	Yes	No reason given
Libertarian Nationalist	0	No	We agree with zero censorship but we believe that 16 and older is fine for some work. Absolutely makes no sense to ban them from work that they may need to survive and help their family. Diabolical.
Reformist League Of Matterhorn	36	No	We find the Child Labor Law unacceptable; children, even if it's light work and with parental authorization, should be able to work, and with their respective regulations to prevent child labor exploitation. But we cannot prohibit it completely

Voting record

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

R

Reformist League Of Matterhorn

Voted March 22, 2021

No

“We find the Child Labor Law unacceptable; children, even if it's light work and with parental authorization, should be able to work, and with their respective regulations to prevent child labor exploitation. But we cannot prohibit it completely”

Libertarian Nationalist

Voted Feb. 11, 2021

No

“We agree with zero censorship but we believe that 16 and older is fine for some work. Absolutely makes no sense to ban them from work that they may need to survive and help their family. Diabolical.”

Conservative Movement

Voted Jan. 31, 2021

No Changed vote

“We don't support this bill”

Conservative Movement

Voted Jan. 31, 2021

Abstain