Once a union member has opted to pay the affiliation fee, they will then be contacted by the party to become
an individual affiliated supporter at no extra cost.
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).
Not exact matches
Membership is open to all
affiliates, associates and
supporters of IFOAM - Organics International; and organizations and
individuals involved in Organic Agriculture that have an institutional address in Asia.
Individual members and registered
supporters now vastly outnumbered
affiliated members (that is, most of the union members eligible to vote).
Under the new one - member - one - vote rules,
individuals could sign up as full members, as
affiliated supporters for free via their unions or as registered
supporters for just # 3.
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.
MPs have lost the voting section they previously had in the electoral college, so their votes are now worth the same as any other
individual member,
affiliated supporter or registered
supporter.
Concern has been expressed that the 200,000
individual party members could be overwhelmed by 2.7 million new
affiliated supporters from the unions.
If these collective levy - payers wanted an
individual relationship with the party, they could register as
affiliated supporters (AS) by signing a statement of support for Labour values, giving the party contact details including a postal address, and confirming that they were on the electoral roll.
Our members include accredited schools of naturopathy, students, physicians, and
individual and corporate
supporters, participating independently or though 40 state - level
affiliate organizations.
She falsely claims that she has over one million members nationwide, although countless
individuals have found themselves wrongly listed as one of her
supporters because they signed one of her deceptive petitions by mistake,» said Leonie Haimson, Executive Director of Class Size Matters, a New York - based
affiliate of Parents Across America.