GA Proposal: Fairness In Collective Bargaining

[HumanSanity]

Fairness In Collective Bargaining

A resolution to enact uniform standards that protect workers, consumers, and the general public.

Category: Regulation

Area of Effect: Labor Rights

Proposed by: Cretox State

The World Assembly,

Believing that labor unions are essential in allowing workers to negotiate benefits, freedom from exploitation, and fair compensation on equal footing with their employers,

Commending the efforts of prior WA legislation to strike a reasonable balance between the necessity of effective collective bargaining and the public good, and

Convinced that a more expansive resolution on the subject is necessary, in order to solidify the negotiating ability of workers and provide needed protections for employers where unions are concerned, hereby:

1. Defines "interference" as any acts intended to place or keep a labor union under the control of an employer whose workers are represented by that union as a bargaining unit;

2. Prohibits the interference of employers and labor unions in the establishment, functioning, or administration of labor unions;

3. Prohibits employers from:

a. unduly impinging on the ability of multiple workers to act in concert to protect their rights; or

b. discriminating against workers for engaging in concerted activities to protect their rights;

4. Prohibits labor unions from:

a. coercing workers in the exercise of their rights or an employer in its choice of bargaining representative;

b. deliberately influencing an employer to discriminate against certain workers;

c. requiring excessive dues; or

d. deliberately influencing an employer to pay for unneeded workers, excepting paid leave and severance-related benefits;

5. Requires employers and the labor unions that lawfully represent said employers' workers to make a good-faith effort to negotiate with one another;

6. Mandates that member nations:

a. establish, if such does not already exist, and maintain an effective system to enforce labor law in relation to collective bargaining and labor practices; and

b. allow labor unions to deliberately influence an employer to cease doing business with another employer;

7. Urges member nations to:

a. promote union membership through union security agreements; and

b. implement more expansive regulations protecting the ability of workers to collectively bargain with employers.

This is the discussion thread. To cast your vote, go HERE

[murphtannia]

This seems like a good initiative to ensure a better work environment for the worker, and so has my support

[Free Las Pinas]

Omg, against. I'm pretty in favor of labor unions, which puts me against the regulation of labor unions by principle. I do have some other concerns in regards to the writing, but even if it were to be fixed, my stance on regulating labor movements will remain the same, and I'll still vote against. (post will be edited if I feel like explaining this position)

[Shy Guy]

Strongly against. It is both too weak in what it gives to unions and too vague in what it actually prohibits.