Atlasian Coalition Of Labor Occupations (A.C.L.O) Headquarters

[PSOL]

A.C.L.O Endorsements for June 9-15, 2019

We the A.C.L.O endorse the following candidates for higher office.

National
June Presidential Election:

Adam Griffin/Jimmy7812
Grading: A
The Labor party ticket is the currently safest bet for the improvement of working rights in Atlasia. With the most detailed economic and labor rights plan, I see only positives in the ticket. Both politicians have worked to improve Atlasia in the goals of this organization.

Kingpolen/Sprouts Farmers Market
Grading: N/A
Running on a single issue, this ticket has yet to extrapolate where they stand on anything else.

Young Texan/Vern
Grading: F
The Federalist ticket is running on a platform of austerity and regulations rollbacks. Both politicians have worked tirelessly for the benefit of their wealthy donors in pushing back on the people. There isn’t anything more to say other than that for this ticket.

Lincoln
Gubernatorial Endorsement:Peanut
Grading: A+
This individual has got a good history of being with the people, hasn’t maliciously attacked unions, and isn’t a conservative. The fact of the matter is that Lincoln has drastically improved under her tenure compared to other regions, and a lack of a serious challenger proves that is so.

The South
Gubernatorial Endorsement: Anybody but Young Texan


Fremont
N/A

A.C.L.O Legislative Grading

National
HB 18-33: End Corporate Bidding Act
Grading: B-
Corporate Bidding is an appalling normality of doing business with all sections of government in Atlasia, putting corporations first instead of the people. While the legislation recognizes and tries to mitigate such actions, it doesn’t provide enough of a punishment to force multinationals to back off before conducting the legal bribe.

HB 18-12: Co-determination Act of 2019
Grading: A+
For too long, the workers of Atlasia were given no voice to their concerns in the workplace. Our opinions were considered worthless to the profit-seeking upper management. Now, we have the chance to have a real turnaround into the makeup of Atlasian working rights. This bill allows for a start to workplace democracy, and thus I congratulate the sponsors for putting this to the frontlines in its current form.

SB: Worker Retention and Firing Act
Grading: B-
The bill provides a start to the protection of the workers when terminated from employment. Specifically, by providing leeway into what is grounds for termination and for providing compensation to workers afterward. What is missing is a lack of apparatus to fully judge the termination, giving the employers abilities to lie for a better settlement, and a lack of benefits given to resigning workers of any tenure. More detail would be advised before passing into voting procedure.

SB series: Dumb Regulations Repeal Acts
Grading: F-
Time and time again, this series of senate bills has threatened common sense regulations with its malicious euphemism of a “dumb” law. I would gladly point out every piece of anti-worker drivel it is drenched in, but I just don’t have the time.


Lincoln
N/A

The South
N/A

Fremont
FT 12-06: Fremont Farm Bill of 2019
Grading: Pending final edition
On a glance, the bill offers sweeping protection of workers’ rights. It prohibits the abuse of child workers and its language implicitly protects migrant workers. What is the uncertainty is that the bill is still being adjusted, in part due to language concerning the reintroduction of the chemical product DDT. The danger of DDT on workers in subpar and often unsafe farms in the currently lightly enforced regulatory scene is unnerving. The A.C.L.O. would like to see a finished draft heeding these concerns before moving into a final vote.

[PSOL]

A.C.L.O Notice of June 13, 2019

With two more days of the current National Assembly, we’ve definitely grown as an organization. I’m happy to see the makeup of the Union after the vote, even though we still have many vacancies that are still open for change. A point of positivity is the increase of members across Atlasia we’ve had prior to this national meeting. Even better, we’ve seen a 100% yes vote on our first industrial action in the face of an onslaught of our rights.

On an other note, I do apologize to the members who received a wrong ballot in the initial vote due to a technical error. That is why I will amend the rules for the early voters to change their ballots before the end of the voting procedure. Leaving it blank will not spoil the ballot, and the filing of a new one will just count the most recent one.

[PSOL]

^^duly noted. Just make the changes directly, including on all positions.

[PSOL]

While I do care about structure, I’ll have to cut the election short due to expediency of the results and the fact that we’ve had greater than 100% turnout.

Results:

Chair: PSOL by a unanimous decision

Press Secretary: tack50 unanimously

ICO:1 politicalmasta73 —7 NOTA
politicalmasta73 is hereby I.C.O. head by interim designation

United Farmworkers: 1 Jimmy7812- 7 NOTA
Scott is hereby designated as the interim union boss of United Farmworkers

Foodstuffs Union: 1 Bagel23- 7 NOTA
Bagel23 is hereby designated as interim head

W.T.A: 1 Cecil Roberts — 7 NOTA
Cecil Roberts is hereby designated as interim head

A.S.T. : JGibson 1 — 7 NOTA
JGibson is hereby designated as interim head

C.C.C.E. : Sestak 1 — 7 NOTA

M.R.C.A: 1 Richard Ojeda
Interim head is Richard Ojeda

U.S.A.G.U.A: No votes cast
Led by the chair

R.W.P.: 1 Greg Stumbo — 7 NOTA
Greg Stumbo is interim leader

M.E.P.O.: Rawlings 1 — 7 NOtA
Rawlings

Decision to strike: 8-1 yes

Decision to adopt new guidelines: unanimous

1 vote was invalid due to failure for delegate to appropriately register. That voter is just hereby admitted as a member.

Great job folks. During this time the president has informally clarified that unionization is unaccounted for in the passed legislation. I do hereby suggest we wait it out for a more formal declaration from the sponsors of the law before casting aside our strike.

[PSOL]

My apologies for the confusion.

In other news, apparently the laws are void in the Lincoln region due to past statutes, per GM Mr. Reactionary. There is still no notice of the other two regions, so be on your toes for until at least Monday . Even so, I’m still counting this as a win by showing the potential sway of the union is something to not brush aside. Great job everyone!

[PSOL]

After numerous talks and clarification with the GM, I can sufficiently say that our rights won’t be affected by this measure. Per our referendum, I am hereby calling off the strike for Monday. I’d say we demonstrated our abilities as an organization through this venture, and we should anticipate further challenges and opportunities in our long struggle.

In other news, now that we’ve finished with the elections, I will remind all the voted in officeholders to take their position seriously and put in the work. If there is anything affecting your role in Atlasia, it is your responsibility to act in favor of your fellow workers. That goes for the upper echelons as well, including the duties subscribed to the Chair and Press Secretary positions.

[PSOL]

Greetings to all of my fellow union members and Chair PSOL. Let me just reiterate that it is an absolute honor to be speaking to all of you today as the interim leader of the Foodstuff Union. I am here today to entreat the broader organization to stand with us in complete and firm opposition to S.19.2-18: Employees Must Be Legal Residents Act. This is a copycat bill of the one that failed in the Atlasian house just a few days ago, thanks in large part to our valiant stand against it. I humbly ask each and every one of you today to stand with so many undocumented individuals in the Southern region who work side by side with documented foodstuffers, as friends, brothers, spouses, uncles, mothers, and so many more valuable connections, and are integral parts of our communities that are worthy of work and a practical life in this country through their honest toil. Let us make this clear straight out of the gate, this is a sick and lie filled bill with many serpent heads. They seek to vilify workers to keep everyone down and below, and their buddies in the top 0.1% with ever increasing profits, a classic scheme of the far right wing elites. The impotent Atlasian far right has and will continue to spectacularly fail in making meaningful change on the borders, and instead seeks to wreck further hell onto undocumented immigrants, making their working conditions even worse, by taking away what should be a legal right to work. If successful, our fellow workers will be exploited even further, all to make those at the top more money. We cannot let their race baiting and dog whistling catch on any further, for it is as I have said many times already, but it has to keep being emphasized, the oldest trick in the book, to try and divide us by hue of skin, which is a big part of what it is all about at the end of the day for these elites. If passed, I would strongly suggest striking, because this is life and death for many of our brothers and sisters across borders, and a true battle worth fighting tooth and claw for.

Please stand with the workers of Atlasia, say NO to S.19.2-18: Employees Must Be Legal Residents Act.

With profound gratitude,

The ACLO supports someone who said this of the federal version:

If I'm reelected to the House, I plan to reintroduce the Your Employees Must Be Legal Residents Act. Given your answers in the debate, if in some hopefully likely event we have competent legislators who will support this bill next Congress, would this be a measure you would support and sign into law?

In my view, your bill doesn't go far enough. Why focus on federal contractors when we can address the ongoing situation with every employer breaking the law in Atlasia?

Granted, it might be more punitive than my approach for a small segment of contractors and businesses - especially those with large contracts relative to the number of people they employ - but I'm also curious about the figures regarding this specific problem. I would imagine the rate of undocumented employment among businesses that receive federal contracts is considerably smaller than among businesses at-large.

This is the obvious dilemma of electoralism in Atlasia, where you have to go for the greater lesser evil. The organization’s endorsements does not mean that all positions held by a candidate are necessarily endorsed by the A.C.L.O.

On the comments made by the former president, the guidelines clearly clashes and we’ll be ready to act on the best for the Atlasian worker when the time arrives.

[PSOL]

You guys do realize the bill honoring the Koch family was only in response to the George Soros bill, right?

Wealth worshipping of any kind is harmful to the interests of the Atlasian Worker. We don’t engage in cultish worship of wealth that will always be a random chance.

[PSOL]

The bill, along with others commemorating wealthy individuals who game the system with legal loopholes, should not be even considered to come to fruition.

Is this not enough? Commenting on a done deal that ended before I was even starting my tenure as chair.

[PSOL]

With the End Corporate Bidding Act voting procedure coming to a close, it is clear that it will end in failure. The A.C.L.O. rank-and-file are disappointed at the failure of the Labor party for preventing its passage. Even so, there is a chance that a modified version would pass in the assembly. While I much preferred the bill in its original form, any start would be appreciated, so I urge for the members of the left to sponsor and pass it through.

[PSOL]

SB: Paid Time Off Act
Grading: C+
The bill Finally gets rid of the shameful designation of Atlasia being the only major economy without PTO. It is unfair that Atlasian workers are subject to threats of termination and poverty from having to call in sick for work, and this bill provides a start. Emphasis on the start, the bill doesn’t go far enough in providing enough time for all of the specific purposes needing PTO. While the workers of Atlasia would like a start, the fact of the matter is that this bill needs more in the way of revision to provide ample benefits deserved by the workers

I contest this rating (and also the use of yellow font, which no one can read) - the bill was shown to the ACLO Chair before being introduced for feedback and garnered his support with no concerns mentioned. It was also discussed in the Domestic Policy Council (which includes ACLO members) where no concerns were raised. The bill is a great increase from status quo for workers rights. There is a lack of consistency in ratings, as bills that do far less to advance workers rights have received a higher rating.

While the A.C.L.O. wholeheartedly supports the start of PTO, including this bill, we must be on point to reach above and beyond for what we feel is best for the working Atlasian population. We wholeheartedly endorse the bill if its likelihood to pass is greater than a renegotiation.

[PSOL]

As a member of the A.C.L.O I am bringing forth a motion that will be up to vote until 5pm eastern time this friday to censure house member Fhtagn for taking steps that are above and beyond to harm the working class families of Atlasia.

1. For standing against most all A.C.L.O legislation, and doing so proudly.

2. Noting these circumstances that Fhtagn used to be a supporter of the working families in previous ideologies, making what is going on now even more heinous, and a betrayal.

3. Consistently belittling good members of the A.C.L.O and attempting to pass anti-worker legislation under trojan horse style (battle tactic not virus) methods of packaging it as for the working class.

4. Making fun and smearing the A.C.L.O and its many important and commendable roles in Atlasia.

5. For embodying ideologies and methods that are even beneath a F- rating, and heavily deserving of censure.

6. Due to these reasons and more, it is in the best interest of working families to hereby formally censure house member Fhtagn.

Yes [X]

No []

Abstain []

[PSOL]

x bruhgmger2

Thank you for joining! With that, I can safely say that the A.C.L.O. is the undisputed largest mass organization in Atlasia.

For our next steps, I would like to unionize the only available organizations here, chiefly the various polling and news firms. Be aware of a possible initiative before 4^th of July.

[PSOL]

So the unionization campaigns are underway, as I have secretly contacted the respective branch leaders to take it with the GM.

On other matters, I think that creating a dues system would be great. We would not need another National Assembly for this matter, as the exact specifications are not put to stone. With that, are there any suggestions for the set price, rate, and other expectations.

(P.S. I’m thinking of taking this union more reserved in our public announcements, so be aware of any PM’s or messages on Atlasdiscord. For those already on the latter, give me your discord name.)

[PSOL]

A.C.L.O Notice of July 9, 2019

Fellow workers,

 as you may be aware, Atlasia is currently embroiled in a crisis of (currently) words. The vehicles of reaction and capital interests have begun to directly threaten the life of our current president. So far, the crisis is ongoing with little in the way of any action from any side as of this writing.

To the workers of Atlasia, I cannot stress enough the damage the moneyed interests have caused with their grip on just one region. In the domination of the Right in the South, Confederate imagery has been promoted and dead bills have sprung up regionally to pass. From there, these bills have spread to the other two regions and succeeded in various degrees. There also exists the crisis of regional flexing, in which the emboldened elite uses the South as a vehicle of attack while doughboys in the other region work for them. I cannot stress enough the clear danger of this scenario if it continues, or even proliferates to the national level. Even so, we must remember this problem lies at the stratified,  shifty system of Atlasia as a whole. It is not the specific parties or players that the clueless pundits make it out to be.

The A.C.L.O. must take action against these ongoing attacks, and for that to be possible we need to know the true scope of the situation. While the blame will be put on the Feds and ACP, one must not forget Labour failures in the South in terms of electoralism, not the fact there remains Labour members that openly voted for the options of supporting racist imagery. On the national level, blame can be brought on the inaction and passiveness in government, even when direct threats are directed at the President himself!

As the leading vehicle of working Atlasians, we must be vigilant in these coming times. Be on your toes for anything, and that goes for our adversaries as well!

Chairman PSOL.

[PSOL]

https://youtu.be/IjSTQwamo8M?t=80

Yep, we have the alt right scabs riled up, it's good.

That "alt-right scab" you are referring to is a highly respected member of your party

This union is nonpartisan of course

Also, having confederate imagery promoted low key supports the Antebellum class system, of which is unacceptable to commemorate in any fashion.

[PSOL]

https://youtu.be/IjSTQwamo8M?t=80

Yep, we have the alt right scabs riled up, it's good.

That "alt-right scab" you are referring to is a highly respected member of your party

This union is nonpartisan of course

Also, having confederate imagery promoted low key supports the Antebellum class system, of which is unacceptable to commemorate in any fashion.

Your highly flawed rating system says otherwise

Girl, you are so off. You had your chance to create great worker legislation in the reboot of this union, but you didn’t, and your support of cutting our vital welfare services don’t help neither.

[PSOL]

https://youtu.be/IjSTQwamo8M?t=80

Yep, we have the alt right scabs riled up, it's good.

That "alt-right scab" you are referring to is a highly respected member of your party

This union is nonpartisan of course

Also, having confederate imagery promoted low key supports the Antebellum class system, of which is unacceptable to commemorate in any fashion.

Your highly flawed rating system says otherwise

Girl, you are so off. You had your chance to create great worker legislation in the reboot of this union, but you didn’t, and your support of cutting our vital welfare services don’t help neither.

fhtagn
Grading: F-
Explanation: Fhtagn has been a consistent opponent of this organization's goals, voting against workers rights without exception. Just this Congress she voted against all the ACLO supported acts and she has also honored people who consistently undermine the rights of labour like Fred Koch. Fhtagn will work against the workers of Atlasia.

MB
Grading: A+
Explanation: MB has been an outstanding voice for the workers of Atlasia through many of his bills like the Party like it's your birthday act or the Patent Reform Act. He has also supported the bills endorsed by the ACLO. His tendency for "meme" legislation (like the George Soros bill) can be worrying at times, but overall he is one of the strongest voices we could have in the House and doesn't detract from his outstanding job

MB voted in favor of the bill honoring the Koch family, but apparently that wasn't considered.

Aye

Also worth noting that I voted in favor of some of the same bills you've praised others for, which is not "voting against workers rights without exception". For example, MB's "Party Like It's Your Birthday Act":

Aye

I also voted in favor of expanding SNAP benefits. That's not cutting vital welfare services. However, they very same people you all have praised in this thread have done so.


If you can't be bothered to address obvious inconsistencies in your ratings, don't be surprised when people rightfully call it flawed.

I have underlined the relevant parts for you

I felt that one bad bill was not enough to deny MB an A+ rating. I also focused in the places where there was a difference this Congress, and tried to avoid unanimous votes.

Except the underlined portion under your rating for me is factually untrue.

It's very clear that not only do you fail to pay attention to what is actually going on in Congress, but you also fail to provide a consistent and non-partisan rating system.

Untrue, our rating system takes complex intakes from various facets of activity in Atlasia.

Now there is nothing to change what has already been graded, but if your so keen on getting recognition for all the work you do to get your score, I ensure you that we will have no problem going through your record. That goes for all of the graded and endorsed candidates and bills from here on out.

Now with that, I think it is best for all of the players to leave this conversation behind and to move forward with working toward a better Atlasia.

[PSOL]

https://youtu.be/IjSTQwamo8M?t=80

Yep, we have the alt right scabs riled up, it's good.

That "alt-right scab" you are referring to is a highly respected member of your party

This union is nonpartisan of course

Also, having confederate imagery promoted low key supports the Antebellum class system, of which is unacceptable to commemorate in any fashion.

Your highly flawed rating system says otherwise

Girl, you are so off. You had your chance to create great worker legislation in the reboot of this union, but you didn’t, and your support of cutting our vital welfare services don’t help neither.

fhtagn
Grading: F-
Explanation: Fhtagn has been a consistent opponent of this organization's goals, voting against workers rights without exception. Just this Congress she voted against all the ACLO supported acts and she has also honored people who consistently undermine the rights of labour like Fred Koch. Fhtagn will work against the workers of Atlasia.

MB
Grading: A+
Explanation: MB has been an outstanding voice for the workers of Atlasia through many of his bills like the Party like it's your birthday act or the Patent Reform Act. He has also supported the bills endorsed by the ACLO. His tendency for "meme" legislation (like the George Soros bill) can be worrying at times, but overall he is one of the strongest voices we could have in the House and doesn't detract from his outstanding job

MB voted in favor of the bill honoring the Koch family, but apparently that wasn't considered.

Aye

Also worth noting that I voted in favor of some of the same bills you've praised others for, which is not "voting against workers rights without exception". For example, MB's "Party Like It's Your Birthday Act":

Aye

I also voted in favor of expanding SNAP benefits. That's not cutting vital welfare services. However, they very same people you all have praised in this thread have done so.


If you can't be bothered to address obvious inconsistencies in your ratings, don't be surprised when people rightfully call it flawed.

I have underlined the relevant parts for you

I felt that one bad bill was not enough to deny MB an A+ rating. I also focused in the places where there was a difference this Congress, and tried to avoid unanimous votes.

Except the underlined portion under your rating for me is factually untrue.

It's very clear that not only do you fail to pay attention to what is actually going on in Congress, but you also fail to provide a consistent and non-partisan rating system.

Untrue, our rating system takes complex intakes from various facets of activity in Atlasia.

Now there is nothing to change what has already been graded, but if your so keen on getting recognition for all the work you do to get your score, I ensure you that we will have no problem going through your record. That goes for all of the graded and endorsed candidates and bills from here on out.

Now with that, I think it is best for all of the players to leave this conversation behind and to move forward with working toward a better Atlasia.

When you nitpick on a bill that is "not good, but could be better" and give it a lower rating than a more consistent organization would give it, but refuse to look at how candidates vote the same way, it is very clear you guys are using personal bias and an inconsistent method in determining your rankings.


I know it makes you look bad to admit it, but the sooner you acknowledge obvious truths and push for more consistency in the future, the sooner people will actually respect your organization.

The A.C.L.O appreciates the advice given to better its place in Atlasia, especially from willing onlookers commenting on the outside. The A.C.L.O. should, and will now be, more detailed in their methodology, going to the smallest minutiae to give a clear and consistent answer. Another point of change will now be to exclude the usage of legislative potential of each bill in grading them. The supposedly claimed lack of clarity, and the confusion that followed, can be placed solely on my shoulders. With that, I believe we should move forward from this productive conversation.

[PSOL]

A.C.L.O Legislative Grading

National
N/A
Lincoln
LC 3.5: Intoxicant Screening Reform Act
Grading: N/A, see below
Due to conflicted sources of interest and the fact that this is a carbon copy of the Fremont bill mentioned below, no grading is necessary. Do look at the bill and judge accordingly.
South
S.19: Appreciate Our Teachers Act
Grading: A+
The act aptly gives appreciation to the teachers of the South by 10%. However, with the incredibly loose guidelines for the raise, as it is subject to loose interpretation of which I’m sure the administrators in the South will take with liberty (being subjected to the same biased standards that privatized and ruined the curriculum in countless schools). Even so, this is the only way to actually see some sort of raise within the environs of the South. Teachers anywhere will take this over nothing, so its endorsement is there.
Fremont
FT 12–16: Drug Screenings Reform Act.
Grading: A-
The bill provides Atlasian workers needed job security for the purposes of enjoying a non-impending hobby. It, in S.I C.II and S.III C.I, further specifies that occupations of utmost urgency not to pass, whether through contract or in the medical field, should be exempted. A possible change needed is with the vague wording of S.III C.III, of which it becomes hard to need such regulation if already specified by national law and the pertinence of it with the contracted occupations receiving grants. In short, there seems to be no need for that clause. Overall, this is a great step in the right direction for workers in Fremont, something that would be looked favorably to be expanded elsewhere in the nation.

[PSOL]

To all the workers of Atlasia, in recent times, there is again confusion in Atlasia. The Southern Assembly has on their hands a bill that wholly brings Gold and Silver as legal tender. I cannot fathom enough how idiotic this bill is. While it will most probably be labeled as against the constitution of Atlasia, the tricks the Feds can get through is worrying. The goldbuggery could cause massive and constant economic crises, something not supported by the working population of Atlasia. If, by any insanity expected and passed through from the forces that be, the A.C.L.O. will not stand down to this disaster. With that, in a 24 hour interval, the members of this grand union shall vote on issuing a strike in opposition to this. The only way this will be called off is a confirmation that this is unconstitutional.

Please vote AYE,NAY, or abstain.

[PSOL]

AYE

[PSOL]

Also come to think about it I wonder if we should censor Deadprez or not, kinda like fhtagn back on the day. Maybe not for now but in the future?

At this time, such an action is not needed.

[PSOL]

Results:
8 AYES
1 ABSTAIN

We are prepared to strike if no action is taken to reassure us that the bill is scrapped in its entirety, and it is actually carried out. For that, I think it’s unanimous to merely be prepared to strike until the immediate tabling of the bill. Any lolly gagging will be met with fierce resistance.

[PSOL]

Once again, the representatives of the ruling class spew drivel against common sense proposals.

In the Southern Chamber, union member elcaspar’s bill is being attacked by RTW proponents. With numerous restrictions on unionization and an already hostile environment, the bill would serve as some fresh air to the workers down under. It may become apparent that this bill is what we must be striking against if it is rejected.

On other matters, the Legal Tender Act is being slowly rejected. While the speed is at snail’s pace by the politicians in its tabling, let me reiterate that any lollygagging will result in an immediate general strike in Atlasia.

That is all from your humblest chairman of this fine union. Have a great day, and don’t forget to vote for PyroTheFox for Senate and Poirot for House if you haven’t voted already.