Sentences with phrase «unions supporting miliband»

Of those that did, many did not vote the way their unions suggested they should, with not all affiliated unions supporting Miliband.

Not exact matches

Like Cameron, Miliband sounded like a lover pleading for his partner not to leave, telling an audience of Labour supporters near Glasgow that he supported Scotland with «head, heart and soul,» and promising change if the union stuck together.

Although, Mr Draper said the union wholeheartedly supported the election of a Labour government at the next general election, he urged Labour leader Ed Miliband to put clear blue water between the party and the Tories.

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.

He was also unlikely to have got much support from the union members, who will now vote individually under new rules introduced by Ed Miliband.

Despite benefiting from union support, Ed Miliband curtailed union influence when he was party leader.

By September, Miliband had received the support of six trade unions, including both Unite and UNISON, 151 of 650 Constituency Labour Parties, three affiliated socialist societies, and half of Labour MEPs.

The Unite general secretary said he hoped to support Miliband's reforms because they offered the possibility of «enhanced policy input» for unions.

Ed Miliband won in the final round because of heavy support from the unions.

Unions coordinated and streamlined nominations for the leadership to maximise support for Ed Miliband, mobilised considerable unregulated expenses in his favour and restricted the availability of their membership lists to their nominee, the pair said.

BTW: Good luck to all the LP members who support Miliband's plan to dump the unions.

«A fragile left - wing Labour minority, led by Ed Miliband and his union paymasters and supported by the wreckers of the Scottish National Party, could take power.

This week's party conference in Liverpool is seeing tensions between the Labour leadership and that of the unions, who are uncomfortable with Mr Miliband's refusal to support those planning to strike against changes to public sector pensions.

The main civil servants» union, the Public and Commercial Services union, which took joint strike action on 30 June, has described Labour leader Ed Miliband's refusal to support public sector workers taking action over cuts in their pensions as «a slap in the face».

Speaking to Channel 4 News, Labour leadership contender Ed Miliband - who is widely supported by the trade unions - said the unions were «absolutely right» to show concern.

The top line is that despite recent declarations of support from a number of leading unions for Ed Miliband, his brother David is still poised to win the Labour leadership - with Ed Balls trailing in fifth place:

Mr Miliband sought to shake off the tabloids» «Red Ed» tag in his leader's speech to the party conference in Manchester after winning the Labour leadership off the back of substantial support from Britain's unions.

Ed Miliband's commitment to maintain the higher level of tax, as well as his support for Labour's links to the unions is being directly challenged.

Turning to Trade Union members, David Miliband again comes top on first preferences with 34 % support, followed by Ed Miliband on 26 %, Diane Abbott on 17 %, Burnham on 13 % and Balls on 11 % — the same order as amongst members.

Asking whether Mr Miliband would now say what he supports, foreign secretary William Hague said: «Or will he follow the unions who fixed the election for him, and Ed Balls and Gordon Brown who tutored him, in running away from the biggest problem facing the country and abandoning the centre ground of British politics?»

As two major unions, Unite and Unison prepare to announce this week which candidate they will support in the Labour leadership contest, political editor Gary Gibbon analyses how the battle is testing the brotherly bond between David and Ed Miliband.

Mr Balls was overlooked by the union in favour of Ed Miliband, who has now secured the endorsement of three out of the four major UK trade unions after Unison and the GMB also pledged their support.

Support from the trade unions proved decisive in Ed Miliband's Labour leadership victory, and he has sought to move the party on from the New Labour era, projecting a more left wing message on tax and inequality.

Mr Miliband won the last leadership election largely thanks to support from unions, but Mr McCluskey said he suspected only 10 % of its one million members affiliated to Labour would opt to stay in if asked now.

«Ed Miliband is left with a situation where the unions are now his political life support machine,» he said.

Earlier this week the GMB union, which supported Mr Miliband's leadership bid, announced it was slashing its affiliation funds to the Labour Party from # 1.2 million to # 150,000.