Sentences with phrase «union by its membership»

The dues paid to the union by its membership help to pay for the cost of activities, education or events engaged in by the union members.

Not exact matches

The decision was pushed by labor unions, who have been trying to stem decades - long membership erosion by targeting small businesses like fast - food restaurants.

But some observers expect Russia's strongest efforts may be reserved for Serbia, which has close cultural and religious bonds with Moscow — and whose membership in NATO or the European Union would be seen by the Kremlin as a severe blow.

Members of local unions will vote by mail, at mass membership meetings, and at walk - in balloting meetings and all results are due back to the CWA by June 17, according to Bob Master, assistant to the vice president at the CWA.

By telling companies that they can not deny employment to someone because of union membership, or because of a lack thereof, we are sending a strong message to businesses that we want to create an atmosphere in which they can be successful.

Those skills paid off handsomely for the first - term Republican this week as Governor Rick Snyder signed into law bills co-sponsored by Colbeck that ban mandatory union membership, making Michigan the nation's 24th right - to - work state.

Many credit unions restrict their membership by area or employer, but Alliant Credit Union is different.

Under the current system in Manitoba, a union can be automatically certified by the Labour Board if 65 % of the workers in a proposed bargaining unit indicate their support by signing membership cards.

Any future conservative Alberta government would also likely try to reimpose the longstanding unconstitutional limitation on union membership by farm workers included in Bill 6, which was at the heart of the fury against the bill.

While Oakey implies that the union leadership is somehow unaccountable, able to do whatever it wants, the reality is that union leaders at all levels — from shop stewards to presidents — are elected to their roles for fixed terms by either workplace colleagues or the broader membership.

In a dispute with the European Union, China insists that it was promised the designation by now under the terms of its 2001 membership in the WTO.

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Just a few short years later, the referendum on the UK's membership of the European Union catalysed a debate in which patriotism showed its less attractive face, reaching its nadir on 16th June 2016, when Labour MP Jo Cox, a campaigner for continued EU membership, was repeatedly stabbed and shot by a man shouting «Britain first».

Instances of friendly coming together are the World Congress of Faiths, established in 1936 in London by Sir Francis Younghusband and now with a considerable membership, program, and institutionalized life; at an academic level the Union for the Study of Great Religions, founded in 1950 in Oxford by Spalding, Radhakrishnan, and Raven; etc..

For Labour the question was the balance between individual and affiliated membership, and the role of the trades unions was undoubtedly strengthened by wartime mobilisation.

The issue is taken off of the political agenda for a substantial period of time, allowing decisions to be made at the national level without being unsettled by constant doubts about Scotland's continuing membership of the Union.

Total union membership in the UK has now shrunk to its level in the 1940s, and is still declining by a few percent per year.

Downing Street has brought forward the Commons» vote on membership of the European Union, as it seeks to quell a potential rebellion by eurosceptic Conservatives.

In relation to Brexit the leader of the Scottish Conservatives, Ruth Davidson, stated on Monday that the Irish question could be solved by regulatory alignment across the UK, implying support for continued membership of the single market and customs» union.

After years of setbacks and declining membership nationally, labor groups were seen as being on the offensive in the last year with successful efforts in some states to increase the minimum wage to $ 15 — a major union - led effort that initially began by focusing on fast food restaurants.

Idea two is a customs partnership, which is either an invented system already rejected by the EU or a sneaky rebranding on customs union membership - no - one is quite sure, including probably herself.

Appealing to his Eurosceptic domestic constituents, Prime Minister David Cameron's recent proposal for a UK - wide referendum on Britain's membership to the European Union has been declaimed by EU supporters as an easy, if irresponsible, exit strategy.

Unlike many other nonprofits, unions are controlled and funded entirely by the constituency they serve - the working people who make up their membership.

David Cameron has threatened to use the Parliament Act to force through plans for an in - out referendum on European Union membership after legislation was effectively killed by peers.

8) Trade unions should be recognised where 10 % of the workforce are members: There should be an overhaul of the statutory recognition procedure so that trade unions are entitled to be recognised by an employer on demonstrating 10 % membership and evidence of majority support verified by the CAC;

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Can Romanians lose certain rights conferred by European Union membership?

Labour MPs including Chuka Umunna have urged the party to change its stance and back EEA membership, a position supported by the Corbyn - supporting TSSA union.

And, although the trade union general secretaries at present are not rocking Blair's boat, Mandelson and Blair still fear an eventual link - up between the Labour left and trade unions forced by their memberships into opposition to Blair's policies.

So the crisis for the Labour Party is a leader swept into office by a newly enlarged membership, supported by the Unions, but alienated from the majority of the PLP.

Membership of most unions is falling, and the new «super-union» was designed to give workers a stronger voice and, by eliminating competition, make them more effective.

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 meeting was attended by a broad spectrum of working - class and left - wing organisations — trades unions represented about one third of the membership of the TUC delegates.

Michael Mulgrew By now you should have received your union membership card in the mail — a first for the UFT.

Corbyn's position is in line with comments previously made by Brexit Secretary Keir Starmer, who last month urged Prime Minister Theresa May to keep customs union membership «on the table».

We will abide by all customs union and single market rules, with the government using it's disingenuous formulation of «full membership» to pretend something has changed there, when in fact it has not.

For instance, before Britain's referendum on European Union membership last year, a poll by Ipsos Mori found that voters typically estimated the number of migrants living in the UK to be 31 % of the population.

Redwood's argument is that the UK is bound into the EU's trade policy by its membership of the customs union and that the EU's trade policy is to have no agreements with other countries at all — thereby leaving both us and them on back - up WTO trade terms when it comes to the rest of the world.

Though New York's union membership fell by 5 percent in recent years, it still remains the most unionized state in the nation.

Emma Thompson has followed in the footsteps of fellow film star Michael Caine by divulging her opinions on Britain's membership of the European Union.

With oversight left in the hands of the likes of public - employee union devotees like Fertel, and board membership held by a City Manager with a constant «thumb» in the making of the municipal budget, and another board seat perpetually occupied by a Councilwoman charged with voting on these very same budgets year - in and year - out, what other result might be expected?

A draft parliamentary bill to allow for an in - out referendum on Britain's membership of the European Union by the end of 2017 is to be published by the Conservative Party on Tuesday.

Many of the critical issues handled by the Department are intrinsically linked with our membership of the European Union: CAP payments, the Nature Directives, implementing the EU circular economy package.

The referendum was called after Conservative Prime Minister David Cameron made a manifesto commitment in the 2015 UK general election to undertake a renegotiation of the UK's membership to the European Union which would be followed by a in - out referendum.

The Plaid Cymru leader, who plans to stand in Labour - held Rhondda in 2016, set a target of trade union membership in Wales doubling by the end of the decade.

If the Supreme Court rules against government employee unions, membership and dues revenues would likely plummet by 20 percent to 30 percent, labor sources said.

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By declaring that he will defer an in - out referendum until after the next general election and after a renegotiation on our terms of membership within the European Union, he walked headlong into three big problems.

Revive the proposal discussed by some Lib Dems in the last parliament and fight for a referendum on Britain's membership of the European Union.

David Cameron will on Wednesday set a deadline to hold an in - out referendum on Britain's membership of the European Union by the end of 2017 as he hardens his position on the issue that has bedevilled Tory leaders for a quarter of a century.