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Priti Patel MP: The support trade union leaders have from the people they claim to stand up for is at an all time low

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So as they prepare to inflict havoc to businesses and families on Wednesday, it is worth remembering that the support trade union leaders have from the very people they are claiming to stand up for is at an all time low.

Not exact matches

In a sign of increased coordination among opponents of government cuts, student leaders have written to trade union officials to ask for their support.

The two leaders also decided to work together in support of the establishment of the Continental Free Trade Area (CFTA) under the auspices of the Africa Union (AU).»

I was encouraged this week to hear the Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn reiterate his party's support for more trade union rights in this country.

During his monthly press conference yesterday, Mr Blair refused to comment on the party funding review, but his support for a # 50,000 cap would not be unexpected given his efforts to cut the power of the trade unions during his time as Labour leader.

Johann Lamont, the leader of the Scottish Labour Party, speaking to the annual conference of the train drivers» union ASLEF in Edinburgh, delivered a clear message of support for trade union rights, trade union involvement in policy - making and policies that trade unions have been seeking.

Despite all but a handful of MPs, the active support of the trade unions, the pleas of every former leader of the party and Alan Johnson's battlebus, more than a third of the party's electoral base jumped at the chance to quit the EU.

PoliticsHome can also reveal that talks have been held between trade union leaders as they mull over whether or not to withdraw their support for Mr Corbyn.

68 % of Labour members opose renewal of Trident, 64 % think trade unions should have more influence, 58 % say they wouldn't vote for any Labour leader if they had supported airstrikes against Syria.

Labour's deputy leader, Tom Watson, is expected to hold emergency talks with trade union leaders to try and get them to withdraw their support for Jeremy Corbyn.

Jeremy Corbyn, who opposes Trident, is heading for a battle with much of his shadow cabinet, MPs and trade unions over the issue but the Labour leader is likely to have the support of grassroots members.

Having started her Party Treasurer's Report by saying that she was extremely proud of Labour's Trade Union Link Diana Holland indicated support fro the leader's proposed reforms of it.

He also supported an offer by Unite general secretary Len McCluskey that trade union leaders could broker a peace deal between the rival wings of the party.

Asked about the prospects of union members dominating local Labour parties, she said: «I think it is being slightly phobic about trade unions - why shouldn't a care worker or somebody who works in a warehouse have a say about the leader of the party they support and the party they are paying towards.»

In Denver, union members supported the trade - off that union leaders were resisting.

Despite his vocal support for the union during an unprecedented speech at its annual conference in March, the Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn did not visit teachers on picket lines today, and Angela Rayner, the new shadow education secretary and a former trade union official, stopped short of backing the strike.