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Encyclopedia > Affiliated trade union

In British politics, the term affiliated trade union refers to a trade union that has an affiliation to the British Labour Party. The United Kingdom is a unitary state and a democratic constitutional monarchy. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... The Labour Party is the principal centrist/centre-left political party in the United Kingdom (see British politics). ...


The Party was created by the trade unions and socialist societies in 1900 as the Labour Representation Committee. Since then, the unions have retained close institutional links with the Party, although these arrangements have been been strained significantly in recent years, with the RMT and FBU severing their links. A Socialist Society is a membership organization which is affiliated to the Labour Party. ... 1900 is a common year starting on Monday. ... The Labour Representation Committee (LRC) was formed on February 27, 1900, at a conference at which representatives of the main socialist groupings in the United Kingdom were present. ... RMT is an acronym for: National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers Recovered Memory Therapy This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... The Fire Brigades Union (FBU) is the main union for firefighters in the United Kingdom. ...


Affiliation means that the unions pay an affiliation fee to the Labour Party; in return, they and their members receive the privileges of affiliated membership. Unions select twelve of the thirty-two members of the Labour National Executive Committee and elect fifty per cent of the delegates to Labour Party Conference. In many cases, local union branches also affiliate to Constituency Labour Parties and their members who are also individual members of the Party may represent the Union as delegates on Labour Party structures. The National Executive Committee or NEC is the chief administrative body of the Labour Party. ... The Labour Party Conference, or annual national conference of the Labour Party, is formally the supreme decision-making body of the Party. ... A Constituency Labour Party (CLP) is an organisation of members of the British Labour Party who live in a particular parliamentary constituency in England, Scotland and Wales. ...


Members of the unions may opt out of the affiliation, so that the member is not allowed to take part in any Labour Party ballots (such as the leadership election) in which other members of the affiliated union are involved.


Affiliated unions

As of September 2005, the trade unions affiliated to the Labour Party are: September is the ninth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of four Gregorian months with 30 days. ... 2005(MMV) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

For the legal term, see Amicus curiae. ... The Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen (ASLEF) is a British trade union. ... The Broadcasting, Entertainment, Cinematograph and Theatre Union (BECTU) is a United Kingdom. ... The Bakers, Food and Allied Workers Union (BFAWU) is a trade union in the United Kingdom. ... The Ceramic and Allied Trades Union was created in the early 19th century to protect workers from dangerous conditions of their field. ... The Communication Workers Union is the main trade union in the United Kingdom for people working for telephone, cable and postal delivery companies, with 300,000 members. ... The GMB is a general trade union in the United Kingdom, and has more than 700,000 members. ... The Musicians Union of the United Kingdom represents the interests of working musicians. ... The National Union of Mineworkers is a trade union for coal miners in the United Kingdom. ... The Transport and General Workers Union, also known as the TGWU and the T&G, is one of the largest general trade unions in the United Kingdom and Ireland - where it is known as the Amalgamated TGWU - with 900,000 members (and was once the largest trade union in the... The Transport Salaried Staffs Association (TSSA) is a Trade Union for white collar workers in the transport industry in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland. ... UNISON logo UNISON is the largest trade union in the United Kingdom, with over 1. ... The Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers (USDAW) is a trade union in the United Kingdom. ...

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Affiliated trade union - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (283 words)
Affiliation means that the unions pay an affiliation fee to the Labour Party; in return, they and their members receive the privileges of affiliated membership.
Unions select twelve of the thirty-two members of the Labour National Executive Committee and elect fifty per cent of the delegates to Labour Party Conference.
In many cases, local union branches also affiliate to Constituency Labour Parties and their members who are also individual members of the Party may represent the Union as delegates on Labour Party structures.
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