This is part one of two on the Collins review into the Labour Party-trade union link. Ed Miliband’s plans to dilute the role of trade unions in the Labour Party are already encountering strong resistance from activists. Senior trade unionists have spoken out against the proposals and a campaign has recently been launched to Defend […]
Posts Tagged ‘Labour-Union Link’
Millions not millionaires: more members speak out to defend the union link
Aug 19th, 2013 by Newsdesk.Over the past few weeks, we’ve been reporting on the numerous party branches and organisations who have spoken out in defence of the Labour-union link following worrying statements on its future from leader Ed Miliband. The latest constituency Labour party (CLP) to add its voice to the fray is Hackney North and Stoke Newington, where […]
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Time to publish the Falkirk report and revise Lord Collins’s brief
Aug 17th, 2013 by Jon Lansman.As we reported three weeks ago, the BBC has already concluded that”there was no major vote rigging scandal in Falkirk.” Tom Watson, interviewed in today’s Guardian, goes further. Unite didn’t recruit anyone in Falkirk without their knowledge, he says, indeed the original allegations, written by a third party and now withdrawn, were made by people not […]
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Threat to the Labour-union link: the party grassroots respond
Aug 15th, 2013 by Newsdesk.Over the coming weeks Left Futures will be collating responses to the “Collins Review” from CLPs, CLP branches and other grassroots organisations. We have already covered the motion from London Young Labour. Of course most CLPs do not meet in August but nevertheless we have already become aware of some excellent responses from the grassroots. […]
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The trade unions are the Labour Party
Aug 15th, 2013 by Peter Willsman.Most of the discussion in the media covering the unions and the Labour Party is wrong-headed. The impression given is that there is the entity known as the “Labour Party” and that the “unions” are somehow outside and merely link up to the party. In fact our Party is not a singular body, it is […]
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It won’t be Ed who pays the price
Aug 14th, 2013 by Peter Willsman.In private meetings it has been pointed out to Ed that his, so far very unclear, proposals to change the link with the Unions could cost our Party millions of pounds. His answer apparently is that doing what is right is above price. Putting aside the fact that there are strong arguments to show that […]
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The party, not its leader, must settle Labour’s future
Aug 8th, 2013 by Keith Ewing.So Ed Miliband is to have his Clause 4 moment. Last month’s announcement by the Labour leader of a special conference in the Spring to endorse Lord Collins’ as yet unwritten proposals to rewrite the Labour party constitution is a further provocation of the affiliated trade unions, which demands a strong response. The announcement compounds […]
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Campaign to defend the Labour Party-Trade Union link
Aug 7th, 2013 by Jon Lansman.The Labour Party is calling on its members to let its leaders know by Friday 13 September what they think about Ed Miliband’s proposals on “building a better Labour Party, so we can build a better Britain.” Tell us how you’d build a better Labour Party – a party that is rooted in the hopes of the […]
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Dangers of the Collins review
Aug 6th, 2013 by Billy Hayes.Just two years away from the General Election, the priorities of the Labour Party ought to be obvious. These surely need to be to strengthen our campaign against the Coalition government’s failing policies; sharpen our alternatives in anticipation of government; and preparing our internal organisation for the elections in 2014 and 2015. Yet for some […]
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The battle for the heart of Labour and why Ed might struggle to mobilise support
Jul 30th, 2013 by Eric Shaw.Ed Miliband has announced some sweeping changes in the political and financial relationship between the Labour party and its affiliated trade unions. These have, so far, only been sketched out and we await to see what precise form (in terms of rule changes) they will take. The anticipated reforms include: A shift from collective to […]
