Sentences with phrase «labour movements at»

Not content with cutting off the labour movement at the knees, the government also plan to cut it off at the head as well.

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Networks from Canada and Quebec, representing labour unions; Indigenous, farmers, and migrant groups; environmentalists; women's organizations; international solidarity groups; student movements; and human rights organizations will join their American and Mexican counterparts at the historic Antiguo Palacio de Escuela de Medicina in Mexico City.

Reality is that the home birth movement gained strength as a reaction to the terrible hospital experiences, the unnecessary c - sections and the bad management of labours at the hands of inexperienced residents.

Born in 1935, Paul was educated at Bury Grammar School and Manchester University, where he began his career in the labour movement as chair of the Manchester Federation of Young Socialists.

The Cruddas Review is currently looking at the best ways of opening out to secure input from across the wider Labour movement.

Deputy leader Tom Watson stated: «The whole of the Labour movement is devastated at Jo's death.

Rather than historicising complacency, I would start (though you will not agree) with at least the following premises: that New Labour has broken virtually all connection with the movement politics from which it once drew its strength (you call this «command and control».

2) One of the oldest ambitions of the Labour movement is the classless society (or at least a society in which there is a less immediate division between people of different socio - economic backgrounds).

The Labour Party at present is little more than a protest movement against itself.

Instead of mucking in with the multifarious resistance movement - which, as you rightly state here, does not require universal agreement in order to progress, that sort of Leninist thinking is weedkiller to the grassroots - Labour is already positioning itself for the next election, terrified of doing anything at all which might upset the few swing voters in key marginal seats that the party has repositioned itself towards over the past twenty years.

Following Labour's defeat at the 2010 general election, a new intellectual movement, close to the new leader Ed Miliband, began to gain ground within the party.

2) Association with the Lib Dems — this was always going to make it into something of a referendum on Nick Clegg and makes it very hard to have a coherent Yes movement when Labour supporters of AV are furious at the Libs and they in turn are arrogantly insulting to Labour.

This has been reflected in our consistently providing platforms for Labour - LibDem dialogue, seeking to foster engagement between party politics and civic pressure, and in co-hosting the left and liberty session at the Convention for Modern Liberty, and in being significantly engaged in debates about the pluralist reform of party politics, the broader political settlement and the new «movement politics» of a pluralist left.

At the debate on the issue I attended, most of the panellists and delegates were almost entirely dismissive of the problem of antisemitism, with several suggesting that it didn't even exist in any real way within the movement and others suggesting the whole issue had been fabricated out of thin air by Labour MPs and the right wing press.

This question, from somebody who wishes to remain Anon, but was a popular theme at Saturday's Fabian conference: «If you become Labour party leader, what will you do to ensure labour becomes more open and democratic in party structure, to ensure Labour never becomes out of touch with members, movement, and the public while in office?&Labour party leader, what will you do to ensure labour becomes more open and democratic in party structure, to ensure Labour never becomes out of touch with members, movement, and the public while in office?&labour becomes more open and democratic in party structure, to ensure Labour never becomes out of touch with members, movement, and the public while in office?&Labour never becomes out of touch with members, movement, and the public while in office?»

Industrial policy and the need for a vision of the role of the labour movement outside parliament will have to be at the forefront of a future Labour manilabour movement outside parliament will have to be at the forefront of a future Labour maniLabour manifesto.

When Jeremy Corbyn's re-election is announced at the weekend, as it's almost universally expected to be, it will confirm two things about his movement within Labour.

But it is telling that most political opponents of military action - which at the moment is basically Jeremy Corbyn's Labour leadership and the broader Stop the War movement - do not seem to be making these points.

«Let's have a movement of our own and sign up the 9 million people who vote Labour at elections,» she said.

None of those recommendations have been progressed under the coalition government, since they were ruled out by both Conservatives and Liberal Democrats at the 2010 election, while Labour's always unrealistic projection of 400 - 600 million passenger movements in the UK by 2030 was further undermined by a weak economy.

With nearly 15 years of experience working within the Labour and trade union movement, she was elected Confederal Secretary at the European TUC (trade Union Congress) in 2011, one of seven elected positions, to which she was nominated by the TUC.

God life in the labour movement not all is dead then, well done young labour because the link with the labour party is at risk, the demi gods at the top of the Union are playing a dangerous game, so is the labour party.

The shadow foreign secretary will today seek to build momentum with a call to turn Labour into a «living, breathing movement for change» when he addresses supporters at a Westminster rally.

Labour was uniquely placed, through the trade union link, to build a living, breathing movement at grassroots level, expanding to include working people, while the Tories were a shrinking party of the few.

Lansbury, the Labour leader until the 1935 election in November, became notorious for his personal commitment to pacificism but other high - profile figures in the Labour movement didn't share his commitment, hence the very personal attack on him by Ernest Bevin, who was a leading personality in the trade union movement at the time — if you check out his Wikipedia entry.

The exchanges marked a colourful session of prime minister's questions, which saw Mr Cameron ridicule Labour leader Ed Miliband's speech at the TUC march, when he compared protesters to the civil rights movement, the suffragettes and the struggle against apartheid.

Labour movements often deal with issues like this, for example, an industrial dispute that covers a workplace chapel, of a trade section, of a trade union, which is affiliated to at least one Trades Hall Council, both the union and TUC being (factionalised) affiliates to a political party, which holds government, which runs the chapel section of the workplace in the first place.

If Cameron can get some sort of movement towards a deal with Putin on a solution to the Assad problem, if he can convince that there is a wider diplomatic and military strategy at play, it's yet possible that he will win over enough Labour MPs to get his way on the airstrikes.

Advising those looking to get a new face in the Commons, Osland states: «The top priority for the labour movement right now is to secure the election of more Labour MPs at the next general elelabour movement right now is to secure the election of more Labour MPs at the next general eleLabour MPs at the next general election.

Tony Blair was brilliant at this, although sadly, he chose all his targets from within the Labour movement.

But it is not just Sir Nicholas» Labour opponents who will have raised eyebrows at his recent movements.

Defiant Corbyn - who missed his swearing in at the Privy Council last year to go on a walking holiday in the Scottish Highlands - insisted yesterday the Labour «social movement» he is building would give him the keys to Number 10.

When I asked him to expand on his admission that Labour was not enough of a «movement» at the last election, Miliband re-emphasised his point when he launched his campaign: that Labour now has a «responsibility» to become the progressive, centre - left movement that wins over Lib Dems who did not want to crown David Cameron

Imperfect though the arrangement was, at least they were locals with roots in the Labour movement.

Most EU immigration is of white people, so if wanting to end EU free movement of labour is racist at all then it is against white people rather than against non-white workers around the world who suffer because white Europeans get to be head of the queue for entering the UK.

Nothing illustrates better the ideological and policy differences at all levels of the Labour Party than the contradictory opinions being offered on the issue of free movement.

At the same time, we are seeing other innovative, progressive political campaigns developed by labour unions, community organizations, and social movements, some of them at the far left edge of the Democratic Party, some within the Green Party, and others which are simply independenAt the same time, we are seeing other innovative, progressive political campaigns developed by labour unions, community organizations, and social movements, some of them at the far left edge of the Democratic Party, some within the Green Party, and others which are simply independenat the far left edge of the Democratic Party, some within the Green Party, and others which are simply independent.

And since he became Labour leader, Miliband has worked hard to put movement politics at the heart of the party's culture.

«Rather than battles at Labour party conference over detailed constitutional amendments, it's more important to get this year a real discussion about how this party becomes a social movement.

Could have convinced the party that blue Labours view on Immigration and socially conservative views on communities such as religion, working with the state to subsidise locally run charities, was something, that could bring into our party working class people not already connected, by the groups associated with our movements (Trade unions, the Co-op, retired union affiliates) after the disaster of the World cup, owl gate and then the Ill prepared speech at the IPFF on social change and trying to deflect attention from it by rushing out the «well make unemployed teenagers work for their dole» plan, it's hard to see us being able to be taken serious on welfare reform.

I think in fairness to Steve Hart, Unite's strategy makes union backed candidates from a broader social background part of their political strategy, but certainly not the end of it: At the Unite meeting at Labour Conference, Jon Trickett & Len McCluskey made the case for Unite & Labour developing MP's from down to earth backgrounds, but linked this very much to having policies that adress the needs of working class voters: The Unite strategy is fairly broad, including recruitng union members to Labour, developing MP's (who as McCluskey are backed because they «reflect the values of the union movement» — rather than just being from a particular social class), and supporting the CLASS think tank to develop policy — I did a write up of this meeting for the Morning Star (and a rival Progress one), which may be of interest (I think it will appear if you click on my namAt the Unite meeting at Labour Conference, Jon Trickett & Len McCluskey made the case for Unite & Labour developing MP's from down to earth backgrounds, but linked this very much to having policies that adress the needs of working class voters: The Unite strategy is fairly broad, including recruitng union members to Labour, developing MP's (who as McCluskey are backed because they «reflect the values of the union movement» — rather than just being from a particular social class), and supporting the CLASS think tank to develop policy — I did a write up of this meeting for the Morning Star (and a rival Progress one), which may be of interest (I think it will appear if you click on my namat Labour Conference, Jon Trickett & Len McCluskey made the case for Unite & Labour developing MP's from down to earth backgrounds, but linked this very much to having policies that adress the needs of working class voters: The Unite strategy is fairly broad, including recruitng union members to Labour, developing MP's (who as McCluskey are backed because they «reflect the values of the union movement» — rather than just being from a particular social class), and supporting the CLASS think tank to develop policy — I did a write up of this meeting for the Morning Star (and a rival Progress one), which may be of interest (I think it will appear if you click on my name)

The Labour party is always at its best when it is seen as a modernising force; a movement that has the capability to tangibly improve the lives of people across the UK.

Having been a great admirer of the recruiting and proselytising prowess of its Corbyn - supporting Momentum movement, I was amazed at the platitudes uttered by its supposed experts at a meeting last night on how they can consolidate Labour's progress and move to victory.

the issue is him hes not a leader he is great at protesting but shouldnt lead a political party at all, the labour party is not a movement its a party and 500, ooo members cant lord it over 9million labour voters..

Ed Miliband doesn't need to set out concrete policies — it would be good if the Labour movement is given a real opportunity now to help draw up that political alternative, but the party desperately needs a narrative and to be seen identifying with working and middle class voters who now find themselves at the sharp end.

At a time when Labour should be developing into the focal point of an enthusiastic national anti-Tory movement, the movement was away from Labour.

«If we are to save our position in Europe, our rights of work in Europe - all of which have been put at risk by Cameron - it is down to Labour and the Labour movement.

The Labour website, inspired by the #metoo movement, was set up anonymously by six Labour women involved in the party at different levels and has the support of the chair of the women's parliamentary Labour party (PLP), Jess Phillips.

Last year, during the Labour leadership campaign, Ed Balls questioned one of the principles at the heart of the EU and its single market, the free movement of lLabour leadership campaign, Ed Balls questioned one of the principles at the heart of the EU and its single market, the free movement of labourlabour.

Rather than identifying «what is funny», the exhibition looks more closely at «what makes funny» and how artists use various comedic personalities, strategies and tropes (including bodily movement, scripted dialogue, timing, exaggeration of scale and situation) to reveal more serious concerns about race, labour, gender and history.