Sentences with phrase «trade union funding»

«The question of trade union funding of parties is not a matter of direct concern to the Conservative Party.

Taking all of this into account, it seems strange that the discussions have been conveniently steered away from those links, and have instead focused on Trade Union funding within the Labour Party; monies which not only enable the policies of working people to enter the wider political arena, but also help provide a system whereby working people can be encouraged to become MPs, thus making the House of Commons more balanced and representative.

This resulted in the outlawing of the use of trade union funds for political purposes.

«Tackling trade union funding must be at the top of our agenda when seeking to win the next election,» he told ConservativeHome.

Those are the words of Conservative MP Aidan Burley, co-founder of the Trade Union Reform Campaign, during a Westminster Hall debate on trade union funding yesterday.

Labour Councillor David Boothroyd attempts to make Trade Union funding a special case by trotting out «the Party line» that it's really just individual donations!

This issue is especially apposite, since disagreement over trade union funding was one of the issues which led to the collapse of the last round of talks on campaign finance reform.

AFT President Randi Weingarten will co-present a shareholder resolution signed by more than 100 pension funds, labor unions and individuals, representing 193,000 Pearson shareholders, including UNISON, Trade Union Fund Managers and the Chicago Teachers» Pension Fund.

Lord Kerslake rounded on the government in a Guardian article on Monday as the House of Lords prepared to debate the bill designed to tighten the rules of trade union funding.

Appearing on the BBC's Andrew Marr Show, the former minister also called for an end to the party's «unhealthy» dependence on trade union funding.

The Liberal Democrats are hostile to trade union funding of the Labour party and favour restricting it by placing a cap on trade union political donations.

So the committee on standards in public life was right to be optimistic by launching an inquiry into the issue trying to move on from the 2007 impasse over Labour's trade union funding.

Trade union funding is to be drastically curtailed by law, boundaries are to be altered, even money for research by the opposition in Parliament is to be cut.

It has now been two months since Ed Miliband made his big speech intended to nip in the bud the crisis over Labour's trade union funding.

This week's heightened debate about political funding has raised the important issue of Trade Union Funding.

Former Labour MP Martin Salter made a brilliant defence for trade union funding of Labour back in March.

Labour could lose up to # 8m a year as a result of the government's changes to trade union funding, the party's general secretary has revealed.

Obviously, obviously you would think that after reviewing the papers the trade union solicitors would have concluded that there was — obviously - a strong unfair dismissal claim but — no: the trade union solicitors refused to recommend that the trade union funded the employment claim.

If a Claimant is unable to obtain a No Win, No Fee agreement from a solicitor, and does not have Legal Expenses Insurance and does not have Trade Union funding but can only afford a small amount of legal advice, then it is advisable that an Employment Solicitor or Barrister prepares the ET1 and Grounds of Claim, given that the majority of Employment claims do not go to trial.