SB 110-15: Worker Democracy Act (Debating)

[GM Team Member and Senator WB]

Yeah, no.

[GM Team Member and Senator WB]

With no objections DeadPrez is recognized as co-sponsor.

For reference this is the bill being considered for modification/repeal. 

A 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.

[GM Team Member and Senator WB]

24 hours to object. Senator, do you wish for all these amendments to be added? It seems like by introducing them separately you want just one, not all 3 at once.

[GM Team Member and Senator WB]

I still fail to see what the supposed “controversy” is…Senators are allowed to offer multiple amendments. Is it that our PPT doesn’t want to do his job?

Having 3 separate amendments is pretty clearly a delaying tactic. Same with objecting to cosponsorship on that other bill.

[GM Team Member and Senator WB]

Pseudo-filibustering aside, I can not support this bill. I'm not even sure what Reactionary's point is considering the elections as stipulated in section 2B are secret ballot. The signed affirmation isn't, sure, but there's measures in 2C to make that anonymous.

All this does, in it's current form, is cut back the protections we gave workers by making it legal again to aggressively retaliate against workers trying to unionize.

[GM Team Member and Senator WB]

btw, I just noticed there's two SB 110-15s and two SB 110-14s. Makes things slightly confusing.

[GM Team Member and Senator WB]

Abstain

[GM Team Member and Senator WB]

Aye since it's better than the original

[GM Team Member and Senator WB]

abstain

[GM Team Member and Senator WB]

abstain

[GM Team Member and Senator WB]

Aye