SENATE BILL: The Walter Reuther & Cesar Chavez Solidarity Act (Passed)

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

The amendment is adopted.

[Blair]

I motion for a final vote

[Blair]

I motion for a final vote

Using my new found gavel to formally put 24 hours notice to object for this

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

I motion for a final vote

Using my new found gavel to formally put 24 hours notice to object for this

Nice, some initiative.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

A Final vote is now open on this legislation, Senators please vote Aye, Nay or Abstain.

[Blair]

Aye

[Former President tack50]

aye

[Left Wing]

Aye

[Spark]

Aye

[Devout Centrist]

Aye

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Nay

While I am favorable towards the improvements made, this bill moves way from my favored model stated earlier of fair, impartial elections administered by DoL.


This has votes to pass, Senators have 24 hours to change their votes.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Vote on Final Passage of the Walter Reuther and Cesar Chavez Solidarity Act:

Aye (5): Blair, Devout, Falterin, Spark and Tack50
Nay (1): NC Yankee
Abstain (0):

Didn't Vote (0):

This has passed and sent to the VP for House action.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

I am not going to have time to compile the final text until I get home, I am pushing my luck with being late for work as it is.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

SENATE BILL

Be it enacted in both houses of Congress Assembled,

The Walter Reuther & Cesar Chavez Solidarity Act

Section 1:No Fire

1A.) It is hereby unlawful for any employer to fire or discipline any employee for joining a trade union, encouraging colleagues to join a union or attempting to form a union or organize within their workplace.

1B.) Any employer found guilty of breaching Section 1A shall be fined $5,000 after the first breach, $10,000 after the second breach and an additional $20,000 for each subsequent breach.

1C.) The Attorney General shall have the authority to introduce additional fines on companies found to breaching this regulation on successive occasions.

Section 2: Recognition

2A.) A union shall be recognized within any workplace providing that more than 50% of employees submit a signed affirmation in favor of unionization.

2B.) If less than 50% but more than 30% of employees submit a signed affirmation in favor of unionization then a secret ballot shall be held by employees on whether to unionize.

2C.) These signed affirmations may only be publicly accessible in an anonymous manner. No individual workers may be identified by signing an affirmation

Section 3: Solidarity Forever

3A.) Solidarity Strikes, or secondary strikes are hereby legal- under the provision that a ballot of union members is held with more than 50% voting in favor.

Section 4: Farm Workers are Workers

4A.) The National Labor Relations Act 1935 is hereby amended to include farm workers, and no limit shall be placed upon them

Section 5: Level Playing Field

5A.) No employer shall be allowed to limit, control or deny access for their employees to discuss or meet with their union representatives.

5B.) Employers shall not be allowed to use company resources to fund or provide literature or promotional material which encourages their employees not to join, except during a permitted election under section 2B, where a spending limit shall be approved by the National Labor Relations board

5C.) It is hereby illegal for an employer to use any form of surveillance to monitor, track or disrupt the lawful activities of union officials within the workplace.

Section 6: The room where it happens.

6A.) All public limited companies shall have at least 1 trade union appointed official as a sitting and voting member of their board of directors.

People's Regional Senate
Passed 5-1 in the Atlasian Senate Assembled,