Monday, October 31, 2011

Proposal: Remuneration

S-K. Dead Body Collection Service ON BEHALF OF arthexis. ~~Chronos Phaenon

Adminned at 31 Oct 2011 12:25:23 UTC

REPRESENTING: Darknight, Darth Cliche, southpointingchariot, Clucky, arthexis, Aquafraternally Yours, Doctor29

In today’s economy, neo-liberal policies have condemned the world to poverty and fragmentation. We have really cool gadgets, though.

Add the following paragraph at the end of rule “Employment”:

As a daily action, any player (known as the Patron) may transfer up to 1 SP to any number of other players they Employ (known as Laborers). Those Laborers that have received at least 1 SP this way are said to be Paid in Full, and conserve this status until a week has elapsed, or they cease to be Employed by that Patron, whichever comes first.

Create a new sub-rule to rule “Employment” and call it “Going on Strike”:

As a weekly action, any player (known as the Laborer) that has been employed for more than a week by the any other Player (known as the Patron) AND that is not currently Paid in Full, may initiate a Strike by making a story post with “” on its title. This post shall contain the name of the Patron. Each Player that makes a comment of “STRIKE!” within 24 hours of its posting may change their Employment from that Patron to Free Agent. After 24 hours of being posted, the Strike ends. While the Strike is ongoing, the Patron may not increase their own SP.

Comments

arthexis: he/him

31-10-2011 05:34:44 UTC

You might note that once a strike starts, any Laborer may join, not only unpaid ones. This is to simulate unionized behavior.

Bucky:

31-10-2011 05:49:18 UTC

against On numerous objections. 

It’s possible for a disgruntled former employee to keep their Patron at 0 SP by chaining strikes.

You do not need to be currently employed by the Patron to start a Strike, you only need to have been employed for a one-week period in the past.  In combination with the past point, this lets former employees screw over their employer with no recourse for the employer.

You do not require the STRIKE! comment to be on the same post as the Strike.

“After 24 hours of being posted” is slightly ungrammatical and it can be argued that since a strike is no longer being posted once it’s posted, strikes last indefinitely.

scshunt:

31-10-2011 05:50:05 UTC

against because the economy is a vital service that we wouldn’t want disrupted by a strike.

arthexis: he/him

31-10-2011 05:55:13 UTC

Bucky just doesn’t want to pay his Employees. This is typical neoliberal propaganda!

Bucky:

31-10-2011 06:04:04 UTC

Wait a sec, I thought you were the neoliberal guy.

omd:

31-10-2011 06:07:37 UTC

for

Murphy:

31-10-2011 06:12:24 UTC

against per Bucky.

Prince Anduril:

31-10-2011 08:05:15 UTC

for

SingularByte: he/him

31-10-2011 08:49:05 UTC

against

ais523:

31-10-2011 10:07:30 UTC

against You’re just trying to escape from your own Employment via legislation. This is socialism!

Amnistar: he/him

31-10-2011 10:43:05 UTC

against

ChronosPhaenon:

31-10-2011 13:54:53 UTC

against

Spitemaster:

31-10-2011 15:50:45 UTC

against

Pavitra:

31-10-2011 16:03:09 UTC

against per Bucky. I would vote FOR a fixed version.

southpointingchariot:

31-10-2011 17:31:42 UTC

imperial per bucky

arthexis: he/him

31-10-2011 19:10:01 UTC

against S/K I was just being silly

ais523:

31-10-2011 19:25:02 UTC

Hey, stop wasting my company’s Stimulus Packages!