Sentences with phrase «affiliated trade union»

Only the leaders of the three biggest affiliated trade unions sounded any notes of caution.

As most of you will know, the big decision lies with an electoral college split equally three ways between the 271 MPs and MEPs, all party members (around 165,000) and members of affiliated trade unions and socialist societies (an eclectic bunch that includes the Fabian Society, the Jewish Labour movement, the Christian Socialist Movement, Scientists for Labour and the Labour Animal Welfare Society; you can see a full list here).

To open dialogue with affiliated trade unions to win support at Labour Party conferences for democratic rule changes and for pro-working-class policies on issues such as cuts, the living wage, jobs, and trade union rights.

In August 2015, prior to the 2015 leadership election, the Labour Party reported 292,505 full members, 147,134 affiliated supporters (mostly from affiliated trade unions and socialist societies) and 110,827 registered supporters; a total of about 550,000 members and supporters.

This has now been changed to one - member - one - vote, although affiliated trade union members can sign up to become affiliated members and get a vote that way.

It would be a mistake for Labour to adopt this system in its purest form; it is both just and necessary for affiliated trade unions, as the founders of the party, to have a say over the leadership.

The 2008 Labour Party Conference was the first at which affiliated trade unions and Constituency Labour Parties did not have the right to submit motions on contemporary issues that would previously have been debated.

They added that Labour - affiliated trade unions similarly express a preference for certain Labour Party candidates and MPs.

David Cameron, the Daily Mail and members of Blairite faction Progress all joined the attack on affiliated trade unions encouraging their members to join Labour as full individual party members — despite the scheme allowing them to do so having been introduced by Tony Blair many years ago.

The link ensures that the concerns of more than three million working people belonging to affiliated trade unions remain central to the Labour Party's programme.

Indeed it has been interesting to note the near silence from Labour's other affiliated trade unions throughout the Falkirk case.

Samples of party members and members of Labour affiliated trade unions were polled, and MPs» preferences were based upon research by the website Left Foot Forward.

Whether in Scotland or in the rest of the UK, Labour will never flourish if it treats it's members and affiliated trade unions as a revenue source.

So the idea that Labour would be left without any income if affiliated trade union members stopped contributing on the scale that the GMB figures suggest is evidently an exaggeration.

How fair is it that 9 per cent of the membership of affiliated trade unions carries the same electoral weight as 72 per cent of Labour party individual membership?

In 2014, Labour changed the rules for future contests to move to a «one member, one vote» system of party members, affiliated trade union supporters and registered supporters.

Whilst Sarwar received more nominations from Labour MSPs, Leonard received the backing of the majority of Scottish Labour MPs, as well as supporting nominations from six affiliated trade unions by 29 September.

Candidates are initially nominated by their parliamentary colleagues from within the Scottish Parliament, following which Westminster MPs, constituency Labour parties and affiliated trade union organisation can submit «supporting nominations», providing their backing to a specific candidates.

London Young Labour has further pledged «to work with affiliated trade unions to win support at Labour Party conferences for democratic rule changes and for pro-working-class policies on issues such as cuts, the living wage, jobs, and trade union rights.»

Labour movement: Six focus groups of Labour Party members and Labour - supporting members of affiliated trade unions were conducted between 16 and 24 August 2010 in London, Leeds, Manchester and Birmingham.

Labour's deficits were slightly less, at # 14.5 million, despite # 13.9 million of donations, # 3 million in membership fees and # 8 million from affiliated trade unions.

Someone who was an MP, a party member, a member of an affiliated trade union and another affiliated organisation, like the Fabian Society, had four votes.

All of which may help explain why Labour's rejection of McDonald's request to purchase a # 30,000 exhibition stand at its upcoming conference — on the basis the fast food giant is refusing to recognise Labour - affiliated trade union the BFAWU — was so controversial.

Ed Miliband's victory in the 2010 Labour leadership contest, delivered by union votes, marked the start of a new assertiveness in internal Labour affairs by the party's affiliated trade unions.

The left also has majority support in Labour's affiliated trade unions, including the two biggest, Unite and Unison.

As I've pointed out before, the party's tripartite electoral college (divided between MPs / MEPs, party members, and affiliated trade unions and socialist societies) means that some votes are worth significantly more than others.

However, the PLP still held 30 % of the vote with 30 % going to constituency parties and 40 % to affiliated trade unions.

The affiliated trade unions have given some initial thought to the issues that Scottish Labour should stand on in 2016 and this week STULP has published Bringing Scotland Together — A Workplace and Community Agenda.

«T. Bale, P. Webb & M. Poletti (2015), ESRC Party Members Project (PMP), UK Labour Party - Affiliated Trade Union Membership Survey, May 2015 ″

The NPF is made up of 204 members representing parliament, European and devolved assemblies, local government, affiliated trade unions, socialist societies and others, and individual members of the Labour Party, who elect representatives through an all member ballot.

Affiliated trade unions have always had a role in the formal constitutional structure of the Party.

A poll of 2,010 Labour Party members and Labour - supporting members of affiliated trade unions was conducted between 3 and 14 September 2010.

The Labour Party is a membership organisation consisting of individual members and Constituency Labour Parties, affiliated trade unions, socialist societies and the Co-operative Party, with which it has an electoral agreement.

Affiliated supporters (AS): these are members of a socialist society or members of an affiliated trade union who pay the political levy, who are on the electoral register, and who have signed up as an AS online or through their organisation.

Similarly membership of an affiliated trade union grants the right to vote for the leader and deputy leader, but not for local candidate selection.

It is a pleasure of speaking today as Chair of TULO, representing the fourteen affiliated trade unions with a collective voice of millions of working people and their families.

On our figures, full Labour party members (including those paying the reduce student and unwaged rate) show Burnham defeating Corbyn by 50.5 - 49.5 % - a statistical dead heat; however, among those who have the vote in the current contest because they have paid a # 3 registration fee or signed up as a member of an affiliated trade union, Corbyn is well ahead, with 57 % of first preferences and a 69 - 31 % lead in the final round.

In our sample, one - third have joined the leadership - electorate since this year's general election; and 16 % of our respondents have signed up as members of affiliated trade unions or paid # 3 to be registered as party supporters.

The local tradition that gave us Attlee, Lansbury and the Poplar Rates Rebellion now puts two fingers up to Labour - affiliated trade unions and stands with the Tories to vote through job cuts.

The National Policy Forum includes representatives of CLPs and regions, Labour Councillors, affiliated trade unions and socialist societies, the Parliamentary Labour Party (PLP), the European Parliamentary Labour Party (EPLP) and other groups within the Party.

Under the new rules, affiliated trade union members will have to choose to become a supporter or member of the Labour Party.

The national committee of the Labour Party's young wing, Young Labour, vowed on Wednesday night «to defend the right of trade union members through their affiliated trade union to take part in the selection of candidates at every level of the party».

In the Sun tomorrow YouGov have a poll of Labour party members, and of members of affiliated trade unions.

The motion states that «As the mass organisations of working - class people, affiliated trade unions are entitled to use the democratic structures of the Labour Party in order to promote their policies and members who wish to seek selection as elected representatives of the Labour Party.»

Today, Ed Miliband will set out a series of bold reforms to Labour's relationship with its affiliated trade unions, in a bid to draw a line under the disastrous fallout from the botched Falkirk selection process.

In addition, we weighted the trade union data to the most recent published figures for the overall membership of each affiliated trade union.

In all we polled 2,609 members of affiliated trade unions, but we have excluded those — the majority — who are not Labour supporters.