Sentence examples for affiliated unions from inspiring English sources

Johnson adds: "There is no earthly reason why affiliated unions should have 50% of the vote at conference.

The grassroots, and Mr Miliband, want affiliated unions to share their membership lists with local Labour Party branches.The party will continue to distance itself from the more belligerent union leaders, and hope that the awkward squad pipes down.

"GMB is advising the TUC and affiliated unions with members in other plants of the position and asking them to resist any attempts of management to move Aintree's products to other United Biscuit sites and possibly overseas".

The Unite proposal would address the problem that general secretaries of three giant unions – Unison, Unite and the GMB – own 40% of the vote, and all the affiliated unions 50%, so controlling the entire party programme.

Sir Hayden, a former civil servant, floats the idea of a £50,000 limit on donations from individuals and organisations - a potential body-blow to Labour, which is largely financed by multimillion-pound donations from affiliated unions.

This would mean the number of members paying the political levy in the five largest affiliated unions would fall from 3.352 million to 333,000, thereby slashing the numbers that can be affiliated to the party.

Colorado-affiliated unions will try to block private-sector participation in public services.

When relations are strained, Labour-affiliated unions often find themselves rather trapped.

The bill requires members of Labour-affiliated unions to opt in to paying a levy to the party.

What strikes any observer as ironic is that many of these Labour-affiliated unions have argued that Labour needs to reconnect with its core working class voters by ending the dominance of the private sector and the profit motive.

Membership fell from over 12 million in 1980 - today there are fewer than 6 million members of Trades Union Congress-affiliated unions.