Sentences with phrase «affiliated unions campaigning»

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Prominent contemporary political figures such as Harriet Harman and Patricia Hewitt were leaders of the 1970s Civil Liberties Union which was affiliated to the Paedophile Information Exchange, which campaigned to reduce the age of consent to four years old!

Our society campaigned for more veggie options in university catering, and we actively promote a meat free lifestyle — I'm delighted that our union has affiliated with Meat Free Monday as it is a great platform for us to campaign upon.»

Although the odds remain against Smith, he will be hoping that an enthusiastic campaign over the next month will do enough to persuade Corbyn backers, including among the third tranche who can take part — the 70,000 union affiliates — to either switch their vote or not cast it at all.

The unions might run campaigns to convert members into affiliated supporters but it is not clear how many would be interested.

The first is affiliated supporters, which consist of individual trade unionists who have indicated that they wish their party affiliation fees (funded from the political levy, a small sum of money in addition to normal union dues and used for political campaigning) to be paid directly to the Labour Party rather than via their trade unions as they have historically been.

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 lUnion 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 lunion members within the Labour Party at the national, regional and local level.

Though labor unions criticize the LLC loophole as a method for circumventing individual campaign contributions and call for its closure, they use affiliates to pump millions of dollars into the political system, creating a double standard — according to critics.

A union source told the Guardian that staff working for unions affiliated to Labour had been told to «make themselves available» for a campaign.

The Service Employees International Union and two of its major affiliates in New York — 1199 and 32BJ — have been major backers of the campaign, along with the Hotel Trades Council, the labor - backed Amalgamated Bank and a joint entity funded by 1199 and the Greater New York Hospital Association.

In September, the teachers union gave $ 25,000 to a NYSUT affiliate called the Faculty Federation of Erie Community College, a committee that for years had been largely dormant, according to campaign finance records.

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.

WHEREAS Victory Inc.'s union - busting campaigns have targeted charter school educators at Merrick Academy Charter School in Queens, Sisulu - Walker Charter School in Harlem and New York City Charter High School for Architecture, Engineering and Construction Industries (AECI) in the Bronx, chapters of the New York City United Federation of Teachers (UFT), and charter school educators at the Charter School of Educational Excellence in Yonkers, a chapter of the Yonkers Federation of Teachers (YFT), all of whom are affiliated with the New York State United Teachers (NYSUT), the National Education Association (NEA) and the American Federation of Teachers (AFT); and

Usdaw is a critical union affiliated to the Labour party but one of the few that did not back Corbyn in the leadership campaign.

The campaign - finance data show that both national teacher unions and their affiliates rank among the largest contributors — nearly always to Democratic campaigns at both national and state levels.

As Congress works to revise the NCLB law, the 3.2 million - member union and its California affiliate are mounting a vigorous campaign against the law and the most prominent proposal for reauthorizing it.

Deborah M. Lynch, the president of the American Federation of Teachers affiliate, said the union launched its security campaign after an annual canvas of CTU delegates last year indicated that teachers wanted more union support and advocacy on safety matters.

Thanks to state laws that force districts to bargain with National Education Association and American Federation of Teachers affiliates, and the considerable political heft that the two unions bring to bear in the form of lobbying and $ TK million in campaign donations to state legislators, reform - minded districts are often outmanned and outgunned at the state level.

This was accomplished after an intensive three - year campaign by the Canadian Labour Congress and its affiliated unions to change bankruptcy laws that unfairly put workers last in line to get paid.