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The knee - jerk response from Cameron is about trade union donors, of course.

«This isn't about trade union leaders - this is about dinner ladies and teaching assistants and people in local government who feel as though they've worked hard for 30 years and suddenly are being stung at a late stage in their career - predominantly low - paid women,» he told the Independent on Sunday.

It's about trade union fixing of political appointments to this House, that's what it's about,» he responds.

«He doesn't want to talk about the trade unions stitching up parliamentary elections,» Cameron responded.

It was more about the trade unions believing they wanted Parliamentary representation - including to challenge court decisions - and the emerging ethical Socialist strands around the Fabian Society and other groups.

He refuses every interview request from groups like the Howard League, while popping up all over the TV and radio this morning to chunter on about trade unions.

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«This isn't about the trade unions.

Ms Harman told the BBC it was «phobic» about trade unions not to let their members, «working people», have a say.

Asked about the prospects of union members dominating local Labour parties, she said: «I think it is being slightly phobic about trade unions - why shouldn't a care worker or somebody who works in a warehouse have a say about the leader of the party they support and the party they are paying towards.»

Not exact matches

So entrenched is this marketing gimmick that Trade Minister François - Philippe Champagne now talks about Canada as a gateway to more than 1 billion people, a figure he derives from adding the populations of North America and the European Union, another big, rich economy with which Canada enjoys preferential access as of earlier this month.

He's less hopeful about the Bangladeshi government's initiatives, but says, «I think that part of the key points of this agreement is that you've got some of the major buyers in Bangladesh working with some of the major trade unions and labour rights groups together to push on Bangladesh and I think that combination is going to be a powerful force.»

The European Union executive is planning a law to deal with complaints about unfair trading practices by leading online players such as Apple and Google.

Despite trade unions» stated commitment to their members» work - life balance, it is workplaces covered by collective agreements that are typically the most rigid about the time and place of work.

More broadly, concerns about trade and its impact on workers figured large in the 2016 U.S. presidential election and in Britain's referendum vote to leave the European Union, a free - trade bloc.

Other countries are going to be upset by this and we've already seen statements being made by trading partners who are very concerned about this, particularly Canada, Mexico, and the European Union.

Chinese officials have said that they will proceed with talks about its accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO) with Canada and the European Union.

Leaders of the United Auto Workers union regularly raise concerns about U.S. - China automotive trade.

The European Union has threatened to go about «rebalancing» the trade situation by putting its own tariffs on bourbon, motorcycles and blue jeans.

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about Unions and climate organizations come together to call for more equitable and sustainable trade

Yet our government would have us agree to sweeping economic agreements like CETA and the TPP without providing us any facts at all, just empty slogans about how wonderful things will be after we sign on,» says Larry Brown, national secretary - treasurer of the National Union of Public and General Employees and co-chair of the Trade Justice Network.

Western Union is trading at about 11 - 12 times earnings.

The Bush family make the bulk of its wealth supporting the Third Reich through Union Banking Corporation of NYC (and about 20 other companies that they owned or controlled), which had it assets seized by the US Congress for violations of the «Trading with Enemies Act», and that is a historical fact that can be verified by a search of the Congressional Record.

Socialist and trade - union leaders know all about this kind of thing.

From a record 35.5 per cent of the work force in 1945, trade union membership has slipped to about 21 per cent today.

A UN Commission on Transnational Corporations devoted about 15 years of study and negotiation on a draft Code of Conduct for Transnational Corporations that included a general provision requiring transnational corporations to respect human rights and fundamental freedoms in the countries where they operate and more detailed provisions on observance of laws on labor relations and involvement of trade unions.

If substantial paternity / parental leave were made available to UK fathers and were paid at reasonable rates and if this were taken up by substantial numbers of fathers this would require a revolution in thinking by government, employers, trades unions and others about the work / care nexus which could benefit not only fathers but mothers and children too (Green & Parker, 2006; Lewis & Cooper, 2005)-- and, ultimately, employers too.

Similarly, there are other groups raising concerns about Nestlé trade union busting activities, impact on water supplies and spying on campaign groups.

There are concerns about treatment of members of trade unions and farmers who have lost their livelihoods.]

Not just about baby food marketing, but trade union busting; failure to act on child labour and slavery in its cocoa supply chain; exploitation of farmers, particularly in the dairy and coffee sectors; and environmental degradation, particularly of water resources.

Oh crikey, he's going on about Indian Nabobs, and ruthless industrialists... And in the 20th century it was the trade union leaders «tamed by Lady Thatcher», Sir Peter continues.

You talk about bringing Labour back to its trade union tradition - but historically trade unions were confrontational towards immigrants.

There absolutely was a trade - union and labor movement in the U.S. from 1890 to 1950, including about 34 % of private sector workers in the late 1940s.

The first is about punishment: even with repeated interaction over infinite N periods, a defector member state that does not play by the «rules of the game» will be removed from the union, thereby hindering access to competitive advantages, be they technical learning through information exchange, energy development, increased trade and industrialisation, and so on.

«This is an absolute watershed moment - the changes they are about to do will fundamentally change the party's relationship with trade unions and their members,» Kenny said.

Like Thatcherism, Sarkozyism was deeply anxious about national decline, decline caused by restrictive labour practices, high taxes, uncompetitiveness, powerful trade unions and a bloated public sector.

Arguments kick off about Labour's relationship with trade unions.

Murray, also chief of staff at the trade union Unite, Labour's largest financial backer, wrote: «A lot of guff has been talked about the vote being «a matter of conscience.»

Asked about the future of trade unions, he replied «Do they even have one?

«While it is important that the voices of workers and consumers should be represented, I can categorically tell you that this is not about mandating works councils, or the direct appointment of workers or trade union representatives on boards.

The Tories» latest attacks on Trade Unions are about as vindictive and nasty as they could possibly get, and go further than even Thatcher would have dared.

Some Labour backbenchers are concerned about the Lib Dem's attitude to trade unions, and support from Unite might just tip opinion in favour of a coalition.

Ed Miliband told Channel 4 News: «I'm incredibly angry about what's been happening in Falkirk because it is undermining the good name of trade union members, of Labour party members and the Labour party, and I'm not going to have to have it.

Thatcher attempted to sever the link with the 1984 Trade Union Act, forcing unions to ballot all members about whether to continue to keep a political fund.

While the measures on «contracting - in» are not directly related to party funds — they are principally about participation in trade union political funds — it is only Labour's finances that will be affected.

The ad by the Real Estate Board of New York is, in part, a response to an ad from construction trade unions, who say a prevailing wage is about fairness.

«It's about signalling to people that somehow there's a problem with the relationship with the trade unions.»

Not the Customs union, or a Free trade area Nobody is arguing about the later, and I don't think these option are on the table anyway.