HB 22-08: Unions Forever: The Repeal of Taft-Harley Act (UFA) (Passed)

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Unions Forever: The Repeal of Taft-Harley Act (UFA)

It is recognised that Trade Unions play a crucial role in supporting, maintaining and expanding prosperity for all Atlasians, whilst keeping them safe at work & secure at home.

Section 1 (Repeal of Taft-Harley)

1.) The Labor Management Relations Act of 1947 is hereby repealed.

Section 2 (Federal Workers)

1.) The prohibition of federal employees striking is hereby lifted.

2.) Any restriction on the rights of federal employees to engage in strike action shall only be authorised by the Attorney General, and shall only be made on a case by case basis, with any confirmation requiring a majority vote in both the Senate & House of Representatives within 15 days of said authorisation.

Section 3 (Workplace board representation)

1.) No company shall be listed on the Atlasian stock exchange unless at least 1/3rd of the companies directors are chosen by the companies employees in a one-employee-one-vote election process.

Section 4 (Supervisors are employees too)

1.) All employees previously classed as supervisors shall receive the same rights to unionise, bargain and work as regular employees, and their rights shall not be infringed based on their employee status, or seniority.

Sponsor: Blair2015
House Designation: HB 22-08

72 hours to debate.

[Elcaspar]

I will wholeheartedly support this bill. It's about time that Taft-Hartley needs to be repealed.

[fhtagn]

Given the most recent constitutional amendment that passed in here on unions, there really isn't a valid need for this bill...

[Pericles]

Wasn't this already done? If the stuff in the bill hasn't already been passed, then it has my strong support.

[Former President tack50]

Given the most recent constitutional amendment that passed in here on unions, there really isn't a valid need for this bill...

I mean, if you tend to think the new constitutional amendment (which has not been ratified I believe) would render the Taft-Harley Act unconstitutional, there is a very good reason for this bill which would be to get unconstitutional legislation out of the books.

[Blair]

Given the most recent constitutional amendment that passed in here on unions, there really isn't a valid need for this bill...

I mean, if you tend to think the new constitutional amendment (which has not been ratified I believe) would render the Taft-Harley Act unconstitutional, there is a very good reason for this bill which would be to get unconstitutional legislation out of the books.

Well yes this was my rational; and as people who've read the bill will know it not only deals with Taft-Harley but puts in a measure to deal with the right to strike of federal employees, whilst also ensuring worker protections on the board of large companies and clarifying the rights of employees.

[Blair]

fwiw from reading Taft-Harley I'd argue that not every provision would be struck down under the proposed amendment.

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This is a great bill. The right of workers to protect their interests is absolutely essential to ensuring dignity and a good standard of living.

One area where I believe this bill could be expanded is on the rights of temporary workers. I'll write an amendment on this soon.

[RC]

I thought Taft-Harley was already repealed ngl.

[Blair]

This is a great bill. The right of workers to protect their interests is absolutely essential to ensuring dignity and a good standard of living.

One area where I believe this bill could be expanded is on the rights of temporary workers. I'll write an amendment on this soon.

I'm actually looking at doing a bill to substantially deal with the injustices facing gig work- but am more than happy for an amendment that addresses their union rights & codifies some of their rights.

I thought Taft-Harley was already repealed ngl.

As did I- but after searching through the passed statue on the wiki I couldn't find any evidence of this.

[P. Clodius Pulcher did nothing wrong]

Great bill!

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Unions Forever: The Repeal of Taft-Harley Act (UFA)

It is recognised that Trade Unions play a crucial role in supporting, maintaining and expanding prosperity for all Atlasians, whilst keeping them safe at work & secure at home.

Section 1 (Repeal of Taft-Harley)

1.) The Labor Management Relations Act of 1947 is hereby repealed.

Section 2 (Federal Workers)

1.) The prohibition of federal employees striking is hereby lifted.

2.) Any restriction on the rights of federal employees to engage in strike action shall only be authorised by the Attorney General, and shall only be made on a case by case basis, with any confirmation requiring a majority vote in both the Senate & House of Representatives within 15 days of said authorisation.

Section 3 (Workplace board representation)

1.) No company shall be listed on the Atlasian stock exchange unless at least 1/3rd of the companies directors are chosen by the companies employees in a one-employee-one-vote election process.

Section 4 (Supervisors are employees too)

1.) All employees previously classed as supervisors shall receive the same rights to unionise, bargain and work as regular employees, and their rights shall not be infringed based on their employee status, or seniority.

Section 5 (All workers have rights)

1.) All workers employed on a temporary contract have the same rights to unionise, bargain and work as regular employees.

2.) All workers managed by a recruitment consultancy or employment agency have the same rights to unionise, bargain and work as regular employees.

3.) All workers contracted on a freelance basis have the same rights to unionise, bargain and work as regular employees.

I was thinking of something more extensive but I think you're right that it'd be better to deal with it in a seperate bill so I stuck with the basics.

[fhtagn]

Objecting to the amendment

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Vote

72 hours

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Aye

Interesting to see a worldview which claims to like the idea of people standing up to the government completely fall on its head when it comes to people standing up to their employers.

[Elcaspar]

Aye

[fhtagn]

Interesting to see a worldview which claims to like the idea of people standing up to the government completely fall on its head when it comes to people standing up to their employers.

This entire bill, and the amendment is not actually necessary, as admitted to by tack and Blair.

[Former President tack50]

Aye

Interesting to see a worldview which claims to like the idea of people standing up to the government completely fall on its head when it comes to people standing up to their employers.

This entire bill, and the amendment is not actually necessary, as admitted to by tack and Blair.

Where did I admit that? If anything I admitted the exact opposite!

[RC]

Abstain

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Interesting to see a worldview which claims to like the idea of people standing up to the government completely fall on its head when it comes to people standing up to their employers.

This entire bill, and the amendment is not actually necessary, as admitted to by tack and Blair.

As Tack and Blair both said, this removes unconstitutional legislation from the books, clarifies the union rights of workers and adds workers on corporate boards.

[Blair]

Aye

Interesting to see a worldview which claims to like the idea of people standing up to the government completely fall on its head when it comes to people standing up to their employers.

This entire bill, and the amendment is not actually necessary, as admitted to by tack and Blair.

Re-posting my previous comments because I never said that.

As people who've read the bill will know it not only deals with Taft-Harley (see below) but puts in a measure to deal with the right to strike of federal employees, whilst also ensuring worker protections on the board of large companies and clarifying the rights of employee.

Fwiw from reading Taft-Harley I'd argue that not every provision would be struck down under the proposed amendment.

[At-Large Senator LouisvilleThunder]

Abstain

[fhtagn]

Nay

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Amendment is adopted

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[Elcaspar]

Since the amendment has passed, i would like to motion for a vote on the bill.