Groot Gouda
24-04-2004, 12:01
After following several discussions ("Living Wage" and "Minimum Wage") The People's Republic of Groot Gouda has submitted the following proposal on minimum wages:
Minimum Wage
A resolution to reduce income inequality and increase basic welfare.
Category: Social Justice
Strength: Significant
Proposed by: Groot Gouda
Description:
The United Nations:
NOTING WITH REGRET that many people in the world suffer from malnutrition and poor living conditions
AFFIRMING that every person should be able to live in humane conditions
NOTING FURTHER that employers have absolute control over wages in many corporate controlled nations;
RECOGNIZING the work of unions to provide fairer pay and working conditions;
EMPHASIZING that there are situations where a person is unable to earn a full wage to sustain themself and their family, which may be beyond their control,
HAVING CONSIDERED that the standard of living varies accross countries
RESOLVES to do the following:
1. URGES all member states to implement a minimum wage for all citizens
2. DECLARES that a minimum wage shall enable a person to afford, OR consists of: food, shelter, healthcare and education for the person earning the wage and all supported members of the household unable to support themselves.
3. EMPHASIZES that the minimum wage should be a minimum to survive, but shall contain no luxury beyond the minimum subsistence level
4. REQUESTS but does not oblige that member nations take action to ensure that any corporation that is traded with from outside the UN pays their labourers a minimum wage
Minimum Wage
A resolution to reduce income inequality and increase basic welfare.
Category: Social Justice
Strength: Significant
Proposed by: Groot Gouda
Description:
The United Nations:
NOTING WITH REGRET that many people in the world suffer from malnutrition and poor living conditions
AFFIRMING that every person should be able to live in humane conditions
NOTING FURTHER that employers have absolute control over wages in many corporate controlled nations;
RECOGNIZING the work of unions to provide fairer pay and working conditions;
EMPHASIZING that there are situations where a person is unable to earn a full wage to sustain themself and their family, which may be beyond their control,
HAVING CONSIDERED that the standard of living varies accross countries
RESOLVES to do the following:
1. URGES all member states to implement a minimum wage for all citizens
2. DECLARES that a minimum wage shall enable a person to afford, OR consists of: food, shelter, healthcare and education for the person earning the wage and all supported members of the household unable to support themselves.
3. EMPHASIZES that the minimum wage should be a minimum to survive, but shall contain no luxury beyond the minimum subsistence level
4. REQUESTS but does not oblige that member nations take action to ensure that any corporation that is traded with from outside the UN pays their labourers a minimum wage