Sentences with phrase «union affiliation fees»

Union affiliation fees to Labour are almost certain to fall precipitously.

As the esteemed Peter Watt set out in a prescient post on party funding last year, in a typical non-general election year, trade union affiliation fees will total roughly # 8m.

Not exact matches

Miliband took the biggest gamble of his time as leader yesterday when he confirmed that only individual union members who actively opt - in to supporting Labour would contribute to the party, rather than the current system of an automatic «affiliation» fee paid by three million union members.

The GMB Union's unexpected decision today to lower their affiliation fees from # 1.2 m a year to # 150,000 is a warning shot that doesn't bode well for the Labour party.

The result was quite predictable — around a quarter fewer trade unionists opted in to the political levy, though the impact on Labour's finances was mitigated in part by unions raising the affiliation fee for those who continued to pay into the political fund.

We have the The Kelly Report: recommendations include a limit of # 10,000 on donations from individuals, organizations and trade unions — unless individuals make a positive decision to «opt - in'to the affiliation fee.

The first is affiliated supporters, which consist of individual trade unionists who have indicated that they wish their party affiliation fees (funded from the political levy, a small sum of money in addition to normal union dues and used for political campaigning) to be paid directly to the Labour Party rather than via their trade unions as they have historically been.

These include individual and corporate donations, affiliation fees such as the Labour Party receives from the trades unions, and commercial investments.

It is understood that the longstanding system for paying the affiliation fee in the public service union Unison already meets the party's proposed consent criteria, putting Unison ahead of other unions, with a pool of 400,000 collectively affiliated members from which the party can recruit immediately as individually affiliated supporters.

Once a union member has opted to pay the affiliation fee, they will then be contacted by the party to become an individual affiliated supporter at no extra cost.

Unions currently provide Labour with # 8.5 m annually in affiliation fees.

But the strength of individual union votes will be determined by the number of people who pay an affiliation fee.

For the first time, union levypayers, starting immediately with new members, will be asked positively to consent for # 3 of their political levy to be paid to the Labour party in an affiliation fee.

We also have concerns about the proposed treatment of affiliation fees from trade union members.

The Labour leader, Ed Miliband, has set out plans to end automatic affiliation fees paid to the party by millions of union members.

There is «some moral justification» to Labour's plan to end the automatic affiliation fee for some trade union members, Unite leader Len McCluskey has said.

There is «some moral justification» to Labour's plan to end the automatic affiliation fee for some trade union members, the leader of Unite has said.

He will propose an end to affiliation fees from the unions, switching to a system where individual trade unionists «opt in» to pay towards the party.

In a scenario, where affiliation fees drop significantly, union leaders could end up with greater powers of patronage from the increased sums available for donation.

Labour officials said there was no ambiguity in the wording, arguing that the reference to a positive choice meant union members would have to say yes on a form when asked if they want some of their political levy to go to Labour in the form of an affiliation fee.

Some unions wanted to argue instead that an annual affiliation fee could be paid if someone had been given a choice, but did not actively reject making the payment and instead left the form blank.

A requirement to opt into paying affiliation fees would greatly reduce the amount of union cash given to the party on an annual basis, rather than in one - off donations.

However, trade unions do not just contribute to Labour through affiliation fees — they also make donations — and cash donations from trade unions declared to the Electoral Commission (which include affiliation payments) constituted over 80 % of Labour's private donations in 2012.

It's estimated that affiliation fees from big unions such as UNITE and the GMB will fall substantially as a result.

He wants an end to affiliation fees - where members of supportive unions pay an automatic levy to Labour unless they opt out.

But Mr Miliband said on Tuesday he would end the automatic «affiliation» fee paid to Labour by three million union members and people should not pay Labour any fees «unless they have deliberately chosen to do so».

An industry trade association representing Federally - charted credit unions expressed concern that although the expansion may decrease affiliation, well - established settlement service providers, rather than small entities, will reap the benefits from de-affiliation, because creditors would be incented to seek services from established providers that can offer fee guarantees or provide reimbursements if tolerance thresholds are crossed.