The Kodiak Workers' Party

There is naught to lose but chains.
Workers of the world, unite!

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Policies

Trade Unionism

• Expansion of the right to industrial action.
• The 35-hour work week.
• Union-negotiated collective agreements in every workplace
• The right to entitled employment
• National subsidies for employment organisation
• Union representation on corporate boards
• Union-run hiring halls and the end to labour hire companies
• Unrestricted workplace entry for union officials.
• Minimum four weeks annual and sick leave.
• Equal pay assurances for all demographics.
• Mandated pay-rises based on inflation and experience.
• The removal of any DPLK official from any positions within the Kodiak Federation of Industrial Unions.

Industry and Taxes

• Nationalisation of all essential utilities including: Water, Electricity, Natural Gas, Telecommunications, Post, Railways, Airlines, and other Public Transportation.
• Development of a nation-wide fibre-optic telecommunications infrastructure
• Income-based payment for access to quality internet access.
• Significant tax subsidies and deductions for workers cooperatives and non-profit organisations.
• Nationalisation of key resource development, including pharmaceuticals, steel, basic electronic components, and military production industries.
• Increase corporate taxes to 45% of profits.
• Increase in capital gains to match the progressive income tax brackets.
• Creation of an Ultimate Wealth Tax, which requires a 1% assessment of any individual or trust with assets worth 500 million florins or greater.
• Abolish and Nationalise the Private Insurance industry.

Health

• Fully nationalised healthcare with no point-of-delivery fees.
• Accessible quality medical and dental care for all citizens
• The creation of a mobile general practitioners department to ensure adequate care to all.
• The creation of an international pharmaceuticals commission controlled by public entities.
• The creation of a nationalised pharmaceuticals research and development company.
• A stronger liability system to ensure proper worker health and safety and compensation.
• The creation of a parallel national mental health system.
• The creation of a disabilities management and funding department.

Defence and Military

• Increase military spending to at least 3.5% of GDP
• Support the abolition of nuclear proliferation.
• Maximise dual-use equipment, such as emergency relief helicopters and engineering.
• Demand the withdrawal of all international forces present since the release of Kodiak from international quarantine.
• Ensure at least one soldier-elected enlisted representative in each company command structure.
• Ensure at least one soldier-elected enlisted representative on Ministry of Defence Chiefs board.

Housing

• Rental controls on all private housing as well as a financial stress fund for subsidising rent to the suddenly unemployed.
• Income-based public housing rental rates.
• The purchase or construction of public housing to obtain a public-to-private ratio of 2:1
• Reasonable access to public housing for all individuals earning less than the average fulltime wage.
• Enforced mix-public/private developments in multiple-dwelling complexes.

Education

• The development of a state-owned broadcasting corporation.
• Abolition of tuition fees in trade schools and universities.

The Workers’ International

• Advancement of the cause through funding international socialist movements

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