Sentences with phrase «if affiliated union»

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

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If the unions are able to mobilise their members to affiliate to Labour they could have more power than under the former electrical college system.

Near the close of the meeting, some trade unions and Labour's left suggested the reforms could be ditched in five years» time if it emerged that the plans to recruit union political levypayers as affiliated supporters were not working or were putting the party in financial jeopardy.

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

Most members of trade unions affiliated to the Labour Party would NOT vote Labour if a general election were held this week, according to... (Comments: 49)

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.

Momentum chief Jon Lansman was recorded saying that if Len McCluskey was re-elected as Unite general secretary, the union would affiliate to his group rather than to Labour.

The bill signing came shortly after the Iowa affiliates of Planned Parenthood and the American Civil Liberties Union warned that they would sue the governor if she signed the bill, which the Republican - controlled Legislature approved during after - hours votes earlier in the week.

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.

Moreover, it remains the case that affiliated unions would prefer Labour to be in power than the Conservatives or a Conservative - led coalition (even if their members may not always vote Labour).

NYSUT also won't be blocking any of its affiliates — most notably the powerful downstate teachers union, UFT — from going their own way in endorsements if they so choose.

Mr Miliband won the last leadership election largely thanks to support from unions, but Mr McCluskey said he suspected only 10 % of its one million members affiliated to Labour would opt to stay in if asked now.

The union would be «lucky» if 10 % of the 400,000 members who are currently affiliated to Labour on a collective basis would choose to sign up as individual members, he said.

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.

At the moment, some Labour members can have more than one vote - if they are an MP, for example, they might also have a vote as a trade union member, party member and member of an «affiliated society» such as the Fabian Society.

If Mr Miliband gets his way, Labour will have three main categories of formal supporters: individual members, individual affiliated supporters (mainly union members) and registered supporters (effectively a cheaper system of individual membership).

If some teachers could earn improvements in their wages and working conditions from their own efforts rather than from the efforts of their organized representatives or affiliated politicians, then more - effective teachers would have little reason to support the unions financially or politically.

If that review, proudly posted on their website until recently, isn't enough to convince the public of the true nature of the teachers unions, how about this — a training tape, clearly inspired by Alinsky, made by the Michigan Education Association, an NEA affiliate, in the 1990s for union negotiators who collectively bargain with school boards.

Albert Shanker, the head of the AFT from 1974 to 1997, believed that teachers» unions should be affiliated with the AFL - CIO in part because teachers could do a much better job of educating students if educators were part of a coalition that fought to reduce income inequality, and provide for better housing and health care for children.

You can join if you're an employee of the U.S. Department of State, if you're employed or affiliated with the credit union's organization affiliations, if you're an immediate family member of a member or if you're a member of the American Consumer Council.

If you belong to a credit union affiliated with a profession, employer or association membership, the credit union may consider other factors — such as your employment status, income, banking relationship, and educational background — besides your credit history when evaluating your loan application.

A credit union — especially one affiliated with your employer or one that is community - based — may be willing to look beyond a poor credit history and make a judgment about whether it will loan you money based on your character and your promise to repay, regardless of if you have bad credit or not.

Talk to your boss to find out if your company has sponsored a credit union or any SEG (select employee group) that is affiliated to a credit union.

(3) If the Board dismisses an application for certification under this section, the Board shall not consider another application for certification by the employee bargaining agency or the affiliated bargaining agent or agents to certify the trade unions as bargaining agent for the employees in the bargaining unit until one year has elapsed after the dismissal.

(d) if the Board dismisses the application for certification under clause (14)(e), the Board shall not consider another application for certification by the employee bargaining agency or the affiliated bargaining agent or agents to certify the trade unions as bargaining agent for the employees in the bargaining unit until one year after the dismissal.

Further, in Hawaii, if you belong to a professional group, affiliated with a community organization, or a member of a labor or professional union, insurance companies like AIG offer special group discounts on auto insurance.

The credit union can offer the consumer a package of settlement services at a reduced cost to the consumer if the consumer elects to use certain settlement service providers for settlement services, even if those providers are affiliates of the credit union.