Sentences with phrase «gives affiliated union»

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.

Not exact matches

The previous structure gave votes to three blocks — MPs, trade unions and other affiliated organisations, and party members.

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.

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

The hotel workers union and affiliates of its parent organization, Unite Here, gave the firm $ 219,000 last year to represent its interests to city authorities.

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.

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 Building and Construction Trades Council of Greater New York, which is affiliated with about 100,000 union members, gave its endorsement today, praising what it described as de Blasio's commitment to responsible development, affordable housing and job creation.

But opponents of the Labour party say this would actually give the unions more power because all those affiliated members will actually take up more of the membership block than the unions were getting in the leadership election.

Tucked into the state budget is a proposal that would give a salary boost to workers affiliated with New York's most powerful health - care union.

Given the potentially economically catastrophic vote to leave the EU last Thursday, an outcome that most Labour Party members, and most Labour voters opposed; and which was opposed by the overwhelming majority of affiliated trade unions; then it is essential that the Labour Party quickly develops a policy of how to deal with the fall out.

Mr Miliband wants to reform his party's historic link with the unions, with individual union members given the choice of opting in to join the party, rather than being automatically affiliated.

Union members will be able to pay # 3 to affiliate to the Labour Party, giving them - if they choose - the same right to vote in leadership elections as full party members, who pay # 45 a year.

Voting took place between 17 November and 10 December using the three - tier electoral college system, which gives parliamentarians, individual members, and affiliated bodies such as trade unions an equal say in the outcome.

In Florida, where the affiliate the NEA controls with the AFT is battling fiercely with Gov. Rick Scott and reformers unified under Scott's predecessor (and rival), Jeb Bush, the union gave $ 250,000 to progressive outfit Florida Watch Action, and handed over $ 500,000 to the state affiliate's Public Education Defense Fund.

Given these two realities, NEA and AFT affiliate can never adopt the professional association or skill trades guild models found in other high - skilled fields; the unions can't become that which they never were.