Sentences with phrase «union general secretary»

He should have been in Mumbai with me and [Community Union general secretary] Roy Rickhuss.

McDonnell ally hits back at Johnson saying he shd be embarrassed defending a «millionaire former Tory donor» over union general secretary

And that's fine, as far as it goes: he would be a noble head of a charity or a doughty union general secretary.

Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union general secretary Bob Crow told a London rally collective action was needed to fight the cuts.

John Healey, a minister in Tony Blair's government, said he agreed with the Unite union general secretary, Len McCluskey, that the party's standing in the opinion polls was «awful» but said the answer was not building alliances with other progressive parties, such as the Liberal Democrats or the Greens.

Also set to speak will be Public and Commercial Services union chief Mark Serwotka and Fire Brigades Union general secretary Matt Wrack.

Lord Mandelson, who helped Kinnock modernise the party as Labour's communications director in the 1980s, criticised the Communication Workers Union general secretary, Dave Ward, for endorsing Corbyn on the grounds that he would be the «antidote» to the «virus» of Blairism.

The trade union general secretary said that the smears would not be revealed for 30 years, when classified documents are released to the public.

Commenting on reports chancellor George Osborne will today announce a further # 10.5 billion cut from the welfare budget, Public and Commercial Services union general secretary Mark Serwotka said:

Responding to reports that Danny Alexander will later today (17) announce the government will not change its mind on cutting public sector pensions, Public and Commercial Services union general secretary Mark Serwotka said.

Responding to allegations that the government covered up advice that its plans to cap welfare payments could make 20,000 more families homeless, Public and Commercial Services union general secretary Mark Serwotka said minsters «can not be trusted to be honest with the public».

Speaking after today's (27) meeting with ministers over the government's plans to cut public sector pensions, Public and Commercial Services union general secretary Mark Serwotka said.

«This is the first indication of the true scale of the cuts being imposed upon departments by this coalition Government, and it paints a devastating picture,» PCS union general secretary Mark Serwotka said.

Commenting ahead of prime minister David Cameron's speech to the Conservative party conference, Public and Commercial Services union general secretary Mark Serwotka said:

University and College Union general secretary Sally Hunt said the measures are «another attack on the very people we should be striving to help».

Universities and Colleges Union general secretary Sally Hunt has also accused Heaton Harris of McCarthyism and said higher education minister Jo Johnson should condemn his colleague's behaviour.

Universities and Colleges Union general secretary Sally Hunt said they would be «bad for young people, bad for justice and bad for taxpayers».

Brooks» charges relate to Milly Dowler and former Fire Brigades Union general secretary Andy Gilchrist.

Public and Commercial Services union general secretary Mark Serwotka has described the apparent climbdown over coastguard cuts as a «body blow» for the government and further evidence of what can be achieved by community campaigning.

Responding to today's (23 Mar) budget, Public and Commercial Services union general secretary Mark Serwotka said:

The Public and Commercial Services Union general secretary said a march of one million people through London followed by strike action on a «large scale» would force the government to think again on cuts.

Responding to Richard Balfe's comments reported in the Telegraph today, Public and Commercial Services union general secretary Mark Serwotka said:

University and College union general secretary Sally Hunt comments on news that tuition fees will fall by just 0.5 % in 2012:

Responding to news that the largest unions in the country will ballot for industrial action over pensions, Public and Commercial Services union general secretary Mark Serwotka said:

In summer 2015 she threw her support behind him, shared a platform with him at anti-austerity marches and spoke alongside Owen Jones and the CWU union general secretary.

Whether it's over NHS reform, academies, pensions or slashing government waste, no news report would be complete without a trade union general secretary reciting their well - rehearsed and predictable lines, attacking cuts and bankers.

Public and Commercial Services union general secretary Mark Serwotka comments on today's unemployment and pay figures...

RMT union general secretary Mick Cash said: «This is the Tory Government dragging the railways back to the failed and lethal Railtrack model of the private sector running infrastructure.

Public and Commercial Services union general secretary Mark Serwotka has backed a call for the release of the comedian and activist Jonathan May - Bowles, known as Jonnie Marbles, who was jailed for throwing a foam pie in the face of Rupert Murdoch.

«Once again the public sector is being made to pay for the crisis caused by the banking sector,» Public and Commercial Services union general secretary Mark Serwotka said.

But he's like a trade union general secretary elected by the workers who faces a hostile executive or a company chairman constantly battling directors on the boardroom despite a mandate for reform from shareholders.

The union general secretaries used up a significant amount of internal political and financial capital in bringing their members behind their anointed candidate.

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.

It has stirred up a hornet's nest among union general secretaries and may cripple the party's finances.

In the first years of the twenty - first century, the paper has carried contributions from Uri Avnery, John Pilger, Green activist Derek Wall, ex-Mayor of London Ken Livingstone, Labour MPs Jeremy Corbyn and John McDonnell, Green MP Caroline Lucas, former MP George Galloway (Respect), the cartoonist Martin Rowson, and many trade union general secretaries.

As well as speaking at a Labour Party Conference fringe meeting tomorrow (Tuesday, 29th October), the women will be joining Michael Mansfield QC, MPs Jeremy Corbyn and Colin Burgon, and 15 trade union general secretaries and leaders at a vigil outside the US Embassy on Thursday 1st October from 6 - 7.30 pm.

This gives union general secretaries the power to write large cheques and defend having significant representation on the party's governing National Executive Committee, the votes at party conference, the choice of party leader as well as local selections.

Teaching union general secretaries Mary Bousted, of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers, Brian Lightman, of the Association of School and College Leaders, Russell Hobby, of the National Association of Head Teachers, Christine Blower, of the National Union of Teachers, and Deborah Lawson, of VOICE, all put their names to a strongly worded letter to the two politicians.

Not exact matches

Annegret Kramp - Karrenbauer has been named the new secretary - general of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).

In December of 2016, secretary - general Wilson Sossion and the Kenya National Union of Teachers (Knut) published a negative report of Bridge, saying the company was operating an illegal for - profit business.

But while all that red ink set up the necessary conditions, it took the threat of a sovereign debt crisis and the rise of small - c conservatism to generate what John Monks, general secretary of the European Trade Union Confederation, has described as a «stampede towards austerity.»

Fabrice Morel, deputy secretary general of the Berne Union in London, says there has been greater use of trade credit insurance among exporters around the world, including companies exporting to and from Asia.

Yet our government would have us agree to sweeping economic agreements like CETA and the TPP without providing us any facts at all, just empty slogans about how wonderful things will be after we sign on,» says Larry Brown, national secretary - treasurer of the National Union of Public and General Employees and co-chair of the Trade Justice Network.

Revd Lynn Green, Secretary General of the Baptist Union, said the church was simply following what Jesus commanded in looking to welcome refugees fleeing conflict and that the Church had already provided a strong response to the current crisis.

The Secretary General of the Anglican Communion said the SEC's decision puts it «at odds with the majority stance that marriage is the lifelong union of a man and a woman».

A dramatic statement of our being made perfect in weakness was made by Gerald Moede, general secretary of the Consultation on Church Union, at his inaugural address in Memphis in 1975.

Greene concluded: «I even have a dream, Mr. General Secretary, that perhaps one day before I die, I shall know that there is an Ambassador of the Soviet Union giving good advice at the Vatican.»

Gus Hall, general secretary of the Communist Party in the U.S., died at age ninety, and Victor Navasky, editor of The Nation, memorializes him on the op - ed page of the New York Times by attacking J. Edgar Hoover, who believed that Hall was an agent of the Soviet Union, which he was.

The first female general secretary of the Baptist Union of Great Britain, Rev Lynn Green, says that Christians in Britain need a sense of «humble confidence» in an increasingly multicultural society.

The Trades Union Congress» general secretary, Frances O'Grady said of the ruling: «This is a massive win for working people.