Sentences with phrase «affiliated unions»

These figures include 300 people who are both party members AND members of affiliated unions; we count them in both groups, as they will have two votes in the leadership election.

She was the only candidate nominated for the post, with 32 of the 54 affiliated unions putting her name forward.

Just how realistic will this prove to be when previously affiliated unions find out how much is in their collective war chests and what they can actually do with it?

The Trade Union and Labour Party Liaison Organisation is the co-ordinating structure that supports the policy and campaign activities of affiliated union members within the Labour Party at the national, regional and local level.

Notes to Editors * The coalition of MPs and unions is being brought together by the Trade Union and Labour Liaison Organisation (TULO), the body which brings together Labour Party affiliated unions with Labour MPs.

He also retains support among Labour's major affiliated unions.

The debate in the hall was particularly characterised by hostility to joining a Labour affiliated union with speakers citing the level of civil service cuts implemented by the last Labour government.

The AFT claims its membership is steady, though it has maintained it by affiliating unions outside the field of education, and not by recruiting a horde of new teachers.

I'm proud to say that the Canadian Labour Congress and affiliated Unions established the annual day of remembrance right here in Canada in 1985.

Not to have this would be seen as a startling rebuke, given that he is a man of the left, that unions have long wanted the politics that he espouses, and that he received such backing from most affiliated unions last time (and a few unaffiliated, but important, unions like the RMT, and the then, FBU).

Ed Miliband's reforms abolished the electoral college (where affiliated unions held one third of the votes) for electing the leader and meant that unions could no longer affiliate members en masse.

The suggestion is that that Unite and other affiliated unions have accepted that Miliband and his supporters will not budge on this — and so they are making the best of a bad job.

However, very few affiliated union members will be entitled to vote if a leadership contest is called after a 2015 election defeat due to the phasing of the scheme.

As a result, affiliated union levy payers are affiliated party members.

They will mean that only party members, affiliated union supporters and registered supporters can vote in Labour leadership contests.

Labour leader Ed Miliband commissioned Ray Collins, a former party general secretary, to lead a review of the Labour - union link after accusations were made against Unite, Labour's largest affiliate union, over their recruitment of members in the Falkirk West constituency in Scotland.

«We are for Remain, [it was a] unanimous decision at our conference, all bar seven of our 232 MPs are part of the Labour In campaign and yesterday Unison — the latest one now of our top four affiliated unions campaigning to remain.

Ultimately, the decision will be one for local Labour Party activists, and affiliated union branches.

James Forsyth, the political editor of the Spectator, said that in a year or two Miliband ought to scrap Labour's complex leadership electoral system — which gives affiliated union members one - third of the vote — in favour of a one - member, one - vote arrangement.

Alan Johnson also weighed in: «there is no earthly reason why affiliated unions should have 50 % of the vote at conference ``.

«To those FBU members who are now in a Labour - affiliating union for the first time, I look forward to extending a warm welcome.

By rejecting both fees and a graduate tax, NUS moved into line with Labour - affiliated unions such as the GMB, Unite, UNISON and the TUC in demanding free education.

Weingarten announced on Friday during the A.F.T.'s convention in Los Angeles a proposal for the national organization to offer $ 20,000 or $ 30,000 grants to state or local affiliate unions to write new standards as a teacher - led alternative to the Common Core.

After all, if affiliated union leaders were opposed to Labour's plans, what was to stop them following the GMB and withdrawing support?

«The jump will be from currently affiliating the union to argue for people on political policies with the Labour Party to individual membership of the party.

I have a new post up over on PE+CO exposing how Red River United (RRU), the American Federation of Teachers - affiliated union representing educators in Caddo, Bossier, and Red River Parishes in Northwest Louisiana, is using bureaucratic obstacles to prevent members from leaving the organization.

Likewise, in the Trade Union ballots, I use the Labour List poll as a starting point but adjust them to reflect the likely effect of Union executive recommendations and turnout, and to reflect the fact that the poll sample is unlikely to be representative of affiliated union members.

It strengthens the NPL now view, but does not clinch it, as the major affiliated unions and other bodies are likely to stick with Labour, at least until the election, unless constitutional changes which effectively end union affiliation come into force before then.

If only half of the current 2.7 million affiliated union members choose to be linked to the party, then Labour could lose # 4m annually.

The best options are community - based and employer - affiliated unions that operate as community banks and are owned by their members.

We stand up for the principles of equality, equity and social justice and we work with our affiliated unions and social justice partners to build a better world for all citizens.

The NBFL is made up of 17 affiliated unions, 282 locals and seven District Labour Councils.

Meanwhile, Democrat - affiliated unions are the main voice in opposition to these programmes.

They would rather their leadership continue to negotiate and wait until the more prominent Labour - affiliated Unions are ready to either settle or join them on the picket line.

If the same pattern is followed in 2016, the greatest help unions can give Corbyn will be to provide the resources not to target their own affiliated members but rather those of individual members and registered supporters (who may or may not be members of affiliated unions), given how plentiful individual membership and registered support now are in contrast to the shrivelled number of affiliated members.

Of those that did, many did not vote the way their unions suggested they should, with not all affiliated unions supporting Miliband.

Gone will be the «electoral college» through which the affiliated unions have one - third of the votes for the party leader.

«Now, debating the internal arrangements of the Labour Party and the role of its affiliated unions is not the business of Westminster, nor, indeed, of this Congress.

Only one of the 15 affiliated unions, Unison, currently offers its members an opt - out option.

Members of affiliated unions will be asked to give positive consent if they wish some of the political levy to go to Labour.

A member of an affiliated union pays a political levy automatically, unless they opt out.

Parliamentary colleagues and Unite, the largest Labour - affiliated union, came out to denounce the «divisive» move as an unhelpful sideshow.

The organisers have arranged open press access and gained sponsorship from two Labour - affiliated unions and a major NGO.

By winning over half of the affiliated unions the party leader should hold enough bodies to control the issue in a national executive committee vote.

The trade unions are Labour's bankrollers and, while Miliband might persuade half of the affiliated unions to accept the changes, that will still leave a significant number of refuseniks.

Many on the right of the party were then agitated that affiliated unions and societies held 40 per cent of the vote, as compared to 30 per cent each to the PLP and party members.

At the same time, our affiliated unions are campaigning against the cuts on a daily basis and urging stronger opposition to the Tories in Parliament.

Rather than collectively discussing ways of reforming the union - Labour link with the 15 affiliated unions, Miliband engaged in «dog - whistle» politics by quickly responding to the taunts of the Tories and the mischief making of the Blairites.