Sentences with phrase «on labour matters»

According to a statement signed by the Zonal Coordinator, Professor U.D. Ikoni and made available to DAILY POST, the union frowned at the proscription as announced by the visitor to the institution stating that, only the National Assembly can validly make any pronouncement on labour matters.

He is also an occasional columnist on Labour matters for Total Politics.

Not exact matches

BERLIN, May 2 - Volkswagen's labour leaders should focus on staff - related matters and not get involved in other aspects of management, the head of the carmaker's controlling shareholder group was quoted as saying on Wednesday.

BERLIN, May 2 (Reuters)- Volkswagen's labour leaders should focus on staff - related matters and not get involved in other aspects of management, the head of the carmaker's controlling shareholder group was quoted as saying on Wednesday.

For years, trade and justice activists have proposed renegotiating the North American Free Trade Agreement to address some of the deal's most damaging features: for example, by removing the anti-democratic investor - state dispute settlement provisions of Chapter 11, linking trade benefits to genuine protections for human and labour rights (all the more important given the deteriorating democratic situation in Mexico), and establishing a continent - wide strategy for auto investment and production. We were always told that renegotiating NAFTA was a pipe dream: it would not be possible to open the text and get all three countries on board with reforms, no matter how legitimate the concerns.

No matter what is written on her birth plan, a woman in labour is entitled to change her mind.

Labour's deputy leader Harriet Harman appeared to back down quickly, tweeting that parliamentary questions on the matter would be suspended until after key figures give evidence to the Leveson inquiry by the end of the month.

The new Labour leader will take over with just under a month before the coalition's spending review is announced on 20 October, and a matter of days after announcing the new shadow cabinet.

This was billed as a parade of Tory euroscepticism, and it is that - but what really matters, it seems, is the extent ot euroscepticism on the Labour benches.

It's about being on the doorstep, speaking to your family, friends and neighbours, fellow Londoners, fellow citizens in the country, saying the next election matters, this is why I think you should vote for Labour.

All that matters now is keeping Labour out of power and if that means giving up on Scotland then so be it.

This would give the voter the choice: perhaps s / he would seek support from a Conservative on a matter relating to local business, a Labour member on the NHS and a UKIP representative on immigration.

He would also unite Labour MPs, members, trade unionists and the wider movement who want to come together and campaign properly on this as it matters so much.

Resort to offensive analogies that might just about pass muster at a north London middle - class stand - up comedy gig are not a substitute for serious debate on matters as weighty as the future direction of the Labour Party.

I'm afraid it's just another example of elitism on the part of the Labour party, an utter disconnect from the real lives of real people, an inability to contemplate the notion that the opinions of people outside think tank land might actually matter.

Labour could then legitimately have some ownership of a successful verdict and if Corbyn can show that he stepped up when it mattered and displayed real leadership, it could help him in the eyes of the public on his long and difficult journey to Downing Street.

Though normally voting with the Labour Whip, Thornberry voted against her party's government on national security matters, regarding the detention of terror suspects without charge for 90 days in the Terrorism Act 2006, on the same matter for 42 days in the Counter-Terrorism Act 2008, and against the renewal of Trident.

As the creator of what has come to be known as Corbynomics, my ideas on what is now known as People's Quantitative Easing, progressive taxation, tackling the tax gap and other matters caused quite a stir in the Labour leadership race.

I am sure that, despite his protestations, Vince Cable would feel better in bed with the Tories than with a Labour leadership which can be unrealistic and inconsistent on economic matters.

Whether the voters believe Labour or not is another matter, but I think the fact that the spokesman is someone who was a Government rebel on 90 days, and who has been a target of surveillance himself, make Labour's position that little bit more credible.

Ed Balls says Labour has been talking to voters about the issues that matter on ITV News: immigration, the NHS and jobs for young people.

Cameron refused, saying it was a matter for the RBS board, leading Miliband to announce that Labour would force a Commons vote on whether or not the government should block it.

The extent of insults aimed at Miliband, emanating from No 10 on a matter as sensitive as response to the use of chemical weapons, suggests the prime minister has personally authorised a concerted counter-attack on the Labour leader as he seeks to divert blame before the new parliamentary term, which begins on Monday, and before a meeting of G20 leaders, including President Barack Obama, in Russia on Thursday.

Finally in the negotiations Labour were unwilling to make significant compromises in our direction on matters of real importance to us, such as the repeal of the legislation on identity cards.

However, Labour is more cohesive than Conservatives on this matter, and as such was probably less likely to alienate voters.

Though this is clearly disturbing for Labour, we can not yet say for sure how much this will matter on election day.

It's about time Labour focused on the issues that matter,» said Plaid's deputy assembly leader, Rhodri Glyn Thomas.

He then invited Ed Miliband to give his personal views on those issues and invited him to confirm as a matter of fact that «the Labour party does not solicit votes or membership of financial contributions on religious grounds and that it does not offer any kind of privileged access or dialogue to faith groups of any kind».

And I'd be surprised to find a citation that predates Mandelson's usage or any similar phraseology by anyone on the Left or, for that matter, a usage of «insurgency» about events within the then Labour Party that pops up earlier than New Labour in its more recent phase.

As much as improving Labour's polling on economics and leadership is the absolute precondition of Labour government, Miliband is right that ideas matter.

For too long, the Liberal Democrats have failed to provide the alternative to Labour, not least on the issues that matter to people in Manchester, such as the Congestion Charge, which we oppose.

But if those backbenchers start to make trouble, the Prime Minister may need to work occasionally with some combination of Lib Dem, SNP and even Labour MPs to assemble issue - by - issue majorities in Parliament, not least on the vexed matter of Britain's membership of the European Union.

The vote on gay marriage, in which Cameron was forced to negotiate with Labour to protect a bill which is widely despised in the party, did little to help matters.

But on such matters as the importance of the family, the need to clean up Westminster - and, yes, until yesterday on Europe - his gut instincts have been far closer than New Labour's to the views of ordinary electors.

The IPPR seems to have waited until Theresa May's immigration announcement was out of the way before launching a series of essays by senior Labour figures on the last government's record on the matter.

The Conservative Party and UKIP want an in / out referendum, Labour does not and the Liberal Democrats certainly recognise it as an important matter, even if leader Nick Clegg is refusing to come down on either side of the debate.

But it is no coincidence that a Conservative administration, hardly famous for craving constitutional modernisation, has chosen as a matter of priority to enact changes that damage the Labour party's prospects of electoral recovery and lay the foundations for a long - term Conservative monopoly on government.

[162] The General Secretary represents the party on behalf of the other members of the Labour Party in any legal matters or actions.

The Prime Minister has called on the Labour leader to make clear whether he would support measures to stop Scottish MPs voting on matters that only affect people in England.

During the war he repeatedly feuded with other Labour leaders, and with Churchill, on matters great and small.

MSC: The Labour leadership just needs to listen to leading law experts on the matter.

But a number of Labour and SNP MPs have now called on the parliamentary authorities to «urgently investigate» the matter, with former Foreign office minister Chris Bryant calling it a «clear conflict of interest»; Caroline Lucas labelling the findings «deeply concerning» and the SNP's Deirdre Brock asking, «What kind of shameless opportunist would be supporting their colleagues in public while betraying them in private?»

Meanwhile, as part of his proposals for a «new and fair» constitutional settlement, David Cameron has pledged that English matters will only be voted on by English MPs, a proposal that could effectively undermine a future Labour majority in the House of Commons.

So opposition is going to have to be extra-parliamentary and focused on the labour movement; party membership shouldn't, outside of elections, matter.

The State Secretary of the Labour Party, Mr Bolaji Oshinowo, who also spoke on the matter, described the two - chamber National Assembly as «a burden on the country's resources.»

Labour MP Jon Trickett, who will table an amendment calling for more consideration, said: «It is of course unprecedented for a government to offer parliament a vote on such a matter and that is to be welcomed, but the case has simply not been made that we need to replace Trident, and crucially, that a decision must be taken now.

Clearly there will be a few more hares set running yet, but Falconer insists that on the issues that matter to voters, Labour is increasingly as one: «It's part of the current politics that there are evident divisions within Labour on foreign policy, on defence policy, whereas the issues that may determine an election are the domestic issues.

Expectations for the matter to come up in Home Office questions were heightened after Labour broke its silence on the issue last night.

Labour showed marginally more spine on Wednesday night on an amendment to protect the rights of EU nationals in the UK, including their right to stay in the country no matter what.

«The integrity of our democracy is at scrutiny around the world,» Labour MP Tom Watson told Theresa May after tabling an urgent question on the matter this afternoon.