By Dave Reid PCS members at the National Museum of Wales (NMW) have voted by 78% to accept an improved offer from museum management to end the long running dispute arising from the cut to premium payments for weekend working. The museum strike has had a major impact on the labour movement in Wales. Museum workers have been on continuous ...

By Dave Reid 150 workers, members of the BFAWU Bakers Union, rallied at the picket line at RJ Brookes in Rogerstone, Newport this morning supported by members of the National Shop Stewards Network, Youth Fight For Jobs and strikers from the National Museum of Wales. They are on a 48 hour strike against the company, owned by 2 Sisters, cutting ...

Welsh Labour holds on, Tories lose, but UKIP gains By Dave Reid On the surface there has not been a huge change in the political complexion of the Welsh government – Welsh Labour lost just one seat and will be able to hold on as a minority government with the opposition split between three parties. But under the surface the ...

By Dave Reid Aslef and RMT union members at Arriva Trains Wales walked out for 24 hours on 4 January with all its services cancelled, over terms and conditions. Some services on the morning of 5 January were also disrupted, with the strike causing chaos as many returned to work after the Christmas break. The pay demands of the dispute ...

By Dave Reid “No more lies – give us a rise!” Hundreds of Cardiff Bus drivers converged on Cardiff City Centre today in an impressive show of strength as the bus network ground to a virtual halt. The drivers have taken action after weeks (and years) of fruitless negotiations with management at council-owned Cardiff Bus. They have submitted a 4% ...

By Dave Reid Over 500 angry people protested against the destruction of the Chartist mural in Newport by the right wing Labour council and Queensberry property developers. There had been a rising tide of opposition to the plans to destroy the mural which was culminating in the protest on Saturday 5 October, but the council pre-empted the protest by sending ...

Health campaigners call for a united campaign against the downgrading of services By Dave Reid People in Rhondda Cynon Taff have reacted with anger and alarm at the threat from the Welsh government to close a fully functioning A&E at Royal Glamorgan hospital near Pontypridd. The cuts at the Royal Glamorgan is part of the South Wales Programme proposed by ...

By Dave Reid Many opponents of the idea of a new workers’ party have pointed to Welsh Labour as a model for the whole Labour Party. But just how ‘old Labour’ is it? Could it be used to advance the struggles of the working class? These questions are discussed in Clear Red Water, by Nick Davies and Darren Williams, chair ...

By Dave Reid Chartism in the 19th century was the first political movement of the British working class and arguably the first mass workers movement in history. In 1838 the People’s Charter had been drawn up by the London Working Men’s Association demanding equal political rights for the working class. Property qualifications prevented workers from standing for parliament or even ...