Sentences with phrase «from trade union»

The following analysis focuses on two unrelated cases before the Ontario Labour Relations Board (hereinafter the «Board»), which consider whether it is an unfair labour practice to expel a member from a trade union after that member has joined another union.

(4) If the employer objects, the trade union must satisfy the Board that no conflict of interest would result from the trade union becoming the bargaining agent or from including persons other than guards in the bargaining unit.

At the meeting yesterday, representatives from the trade union and environmental movements from around the world spoke about their shared vision for tackling the climate crisis and ensuring an economic transition that is fair for affected workers and their communities.

I think is fairly described as a very robust Labour tribalist from a trade union organiser background (I would place him very much on the right of the party, though you may well approve of his rebelling on ID cards, 90 days detention, the 10p tax rate and other more left / liberal rebellions, which shows he is not easily pigeonholed).

We also have concerns about the proposed treatment of affiliation fees from trade union members.

The Communities and Local Government Secretary Eric Pickles is reviewing the rules on councillors» declarations of interest - at present they only have to declare sponsorship from a trade union.

None of the changes to downgrade the powers of the elected bodies of the party — notably the conference and NEC — and restrict members» rights to select candidates for public office could have been adopted without support from the trade union bureaucracy.

It is vital that the Labour Party representatives include someone from a trade union background who understands the nature of the funding and the importance of the link.

Former Work and Pensions secretary Iain Duncan Smith has used the occasion to attack his government for «watering down» their agenda on issues from trade union reform to parliamentary sovereignty.

The Labour party emerged from the trade union movement.

five other members from the trade union movement, municipal councillor Rick Smith from Leduc, Alberta, former EcoTrust Canada president Brenda Kuecks, former SaskPower president John T. Wright, and sustainable development specialist Anna Redden, director of the Acadia Tidal Energy Institute.

In addition to Yussuff, Corbett, and McGowan, the task force includes five other members from the trade union movement, municipal councillor Rick Smith from Leduc, Alberta, former EcoTrust Canada president Brenda Kuecks, former SaskPower president John T. Wright, and sustainable development specialist Anna Redden, director of the Acadia Tidal Energy Institute.

But our strength will come from the trade unions of the farmers, the unions of the wage earners, the movements for the unemployed, the homeless, those without official papers, who are fighting on every continent.

Following a consultation period, First Milk said it had to proceed with the move, which threatened up to 231 jobs, despite pleas for Asda to rethink from trades union Unite.

«On trade union donations, it is hard to see what the Conservatives object to in Sir Hayden's draft proposals - the rules clearly state that donations from trade unions will only be exempt from the cap if they can be clearly linked to an individual and subject to an audit trail.

This provoked severe criticism from the trade unions, the SPD's natural social allies.

Mr Corbyn is already under pressure from the trades unions and his own MPs to leave open the possibility of staying in the single market and customs union.

With every government announcement comes an inevitable response from the trade unions.

However, faced with opposition from the trade unions, the Liberal government passed The Trade Union Act in 1913, allowing unions to have a political fund as long as members were able to opt out.

These include individual and corporate donations, affiliation fees such as the Labour Party receives from the trades unions, and commercial investments.

The only reason that the Hayden Phillips» report on party funding was shelved, was due to pressure from the trade unions.

This would mean the millions of pounds donated to the Labour party each year from trade unions would be no longer legal.

The former critic of Margaret Thatcher earned glowing reviews from trade unions when his paper suggested public and private sectors should work interdependently, taking inspiration from the Olympics.

These proposals reflect the traditional funding arrangements of both parties - the Tories have long relied on donations from numerous wealthy individuals, while Labour gets much of its funding from the trade unions.

However, former Conservative chancellor Ken Clarke said: «I actually think the vast majority of members of the Labour party would quite like to see the party to stop being dependent on these millions from the trade unions, what is left of the trade union movement, that keeps trying to use that as political leverage which they do not want.»

Last week, Ed Miliband came under fresh pressure from trade unions to make the same promise.

What I say is this; the large donations from the trade unions would no longer happen under this system.»

Members from the trade unions would also have to explicitly «opt in» rather than «opt out» of paying a political levy to Labour.

... When I talk about a # 5,000 donation cap, it's got to apply to donations from the trade unions.

It has been described in today's Daily Mail as «Cameron's War on the strike bullies» and has been justified by the Business Secretary as «protecting working people» from the trade unions.

David Cameron wrote to him in October urging major reforms to party funding and a cap on donations, Gordon Brown refused because he didn't want to give up on the multi-million pound financing from the trade unions.

The Conservatives have said they will only rejoin cross-party talks if Labour agrees to include funding from trade unions in the # 50,000 donor cap, in what would be a financially crippling concession for the party.

«David Cameron wrote to him in October urging major reforms to party funding and a cap on donations, Gordon Brown refused because he didn't want to give up on the multi-million pound financing from the trade unions,» shadow Cabinet member Chris Grayling said.

Coalition ministers are refusing to back down despite attacks from trade unions on a number of fronts.

Nor was it part of a wider agenda, as the shocked reaction from both trade unions and big business has attested.

Tory sources have been put in the strange position of having to defend Brown, promote Labour and call for greater involvement from trade unions, while taking a step back from the campaign themselves.

Of course we welcome the support we get from the trade unions, but this is a decision for the GMB.»

Coalition ministers are refusing to back down today despite attacks from trade unions on a number of fronts.

During his one - hour - long speech, Sanders said he drew inspiration from the trade unions, gay rights activists and others fighting to «change the status quo.»

Between 2010 and 2014 Labour raised # 110million - half from trade unions.

Perhaps a new party might be able to attract some of Labour's major donors to provide the financial resources for the project — this would be particularly important as it seems unlikely that the new party would be able to draw on any significant support from the trades unions.

The appointment of Spectator writer Toby Young to the board of the main regulator of higher education has sparked a backlash from trade unions and Labour MPs.

Together with six prominent left - leaning leaders from trade unions, the breakaway members established a new party, the Barisan Sosialis.

At first glance this effort lacked the elements it needed for success: support from the non-Blairite left; backing outside the parliamentary party, including from the trade unions; a cabinet minister or two.

It is an entirely reasonable expectation from the trade unions that the parliamentary party should also have understood that those were the urgent priorities.

Mr Balls, a close political ally of Mr Brown, will get heavyweight backing from trade unions.»

However, trade unions do not just contribute to Labour through affiliation fees — they also make donations — and cash donations from trade unions declared to the Electoral Commission (which include affiliation payments) constituted over 80 % of Labour's private donations in 2012.

They then hint obliquely that Labour should distance itself from the trade unions (its main voting base) and their funding when they say «there is a structural imperative for Labour to take down the influence of money in politics».

The Tories have called for a large increase in state funding for all parties with more than two Commons seats, a cap of # 50,000 on all donations, the phasing out of corporate donations - including from trade unions, and tax relief for donations.

Support from the trade unions proved decisive in Ed Miliband's Labour leadership victory, and he has sought to move the party on from the New Labour era, projecting a more left wing message on tax and inequality.