Sentences with phrase «of affiliated unions»

These figures include 300 people who are both party members AND members of affiliated unions; we count them in both groups, as they will have two votes in the leadership election.

By winning over half of the affiliated unions the party leader should hold enough bodies to control the issue in a national executive committee vote.

A member of an affiliated union pays a political levy automatically, unless they opt out.

«Now, debating the internal arrangements of the Labour Party and the role of its affiliated unions is not the business of Westminster, nor, indeed, of this Congress.

The Trade Union and Labour Party Liaison Organisation is the co-ordinating structure that supports the policy and campaign activities of affiliated union members within the Labour Party at the national, regional and local level.

The Chairman, Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) in the state, Bashir Mafara, announced the decision after a joint meeting of the affiliated unions in Gusau.

They have opened up a # 2 a month registered supporter scheme, which will allow people to join the «Unite Community», with members of the affiliated union able to vote in the Labour leadership.

Likewise, in the Trade Union ballots, I use the Labour List poll as a starting point but adjust them to reflect the likely effect of Union executive recommendations and turnout, and to reflect the fact that the poll sample is unlikely to be representative of affiliated union members.

Yesterdays «news» on the Collins review of the Labour Party — trade union link is that Ed Miliband's reform plans are faltering: there's a hiccup in the negotiations between Paul Kenny on behalf of the affiliated unions and the Leader's office, but it's about -LSB-...]

The trade unions are Labour's bankrollers and, while Miliband might persuade half of the affiliated unions to accept the changes, that will still leave a significant number of refuseniks.

New members and affiliated supporters (levy - paying members of affiliated unions) can join or sign up until 19 June, and the ballot will be held, alongside the national committee votes, during July.

If the same pattern is followed in 2016, the greatest help unions can give Corbyn will be to provide the resources not to target their own affiliated members but rather those of individual members and registered supporters (who may or may not be members of affiliated unions), given how plentiful individual membership and registered support now are in contrast to the shrivelled number of affiliated members.

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