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Old 12th March 2010 | 13:01
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Bruce Wayne
 
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The trend in Government is anti-Union, at least in the UK,
FOK, in what alternate reality is that precisely ?

The Labour Party is a membership organisation consisting of Constituency Labour Parties, affiliated trade unions, socialist societies and the Co-operative Party, with which it has an electoral agreement.
a party founded by the unions to represent the interests of working-class people,
The trade unions still however represent Labour's main source of funding
The party's decision-making bodies on a national level formally include the National Executive Committee (NEC), Labour Party Conference and National Policy Forum (NPF)
The National Executive Committee or NEC is the chief administrative body of the UK Labour Party
As of 2009 the NEC had 33 members elected from the following constituencies:
  • 6: Constituency Labour Parties
  • 2: Labour Councillors
  • 12: Affiliated Trade Unions
  • 1: Socialist and co-operative societies
  • 3: MPs or MEPs elected by all Labour MPs and MEP
  • 2: Leader and deputy leader of the party
  • 1: Treasurer
  • 1: MEP leader of the European Parliamentary Labour Party
  • 3: MPs nominated by the Cabinet or Shadow Cabinet
  • 1: Young Labour
  • 1: Black Socialist Society
Harriet Harman the deputy leader of the Labour Party, sits on the NEC, as does her husband Jack Dromey, who in addition to being treasurer of the NEC is...

...a British trade unionist, Deputy General Secretary of the Transport and General Workers Union and Treasurer of the Labour Party.
and just to cap it all...

UNITE has provided £11million to Labour over the last three years and is bankrolling the party's election campaign

Last edited by Bruce Wayne; 13th March 2010 at 07:45. Reason: bold for emphasis
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