Trade Union

By Gareth Bromhall Members of the Socialist Party attended the January 9th cabinet meeting of Swansea City council last week in what has become an annual event in Swansea as the only organised force in the city that have consistently challenged to council on cuts by putting forward a legal no cuts budget solution to the imposition of Tory austerity. ...

By a Carmarthenshire Council Unison member Plaid led Carmarthenshire County has backed down in the face of two days of determined industrial action. One of the placards produced by Carmarthenshire County Unison branch for the picket  lines summed it up when it said: “Dashing through the snow, With a 1,000k to go, Don’t you think it fitting, We are paid ...

By Dave Reid University workers, members of the University and College Union (UCU), at Cardiff University, Bangor University and University of Wales, have completed eight days of strike action as part of a national strike and prepared for further action next year if the employers do not negotiate to resolve the issues in dispute. The strike was an inspiring movement ...

By Dave Reid On Saturday steelworkers from all over Britain joined hundreds of Orb workers and their families on an impressive march through Newport to demand that the Tata Orb steelworks in the city is saved. Tata has announced the closure of the Orb works and the loss of 380 jobs which has been making steel in Newport for over ...

By Sasha O’Neil – at the protest, 3 October 2019 Unison and GMB banners brightened the rain outside Caerphilly Council Offices on Thursday – and the air rang with chants – as waste management workers and their supporters demanded fair play for themselves and five unfairly sacked workmates. (See video.) The council has been using cameras – installed on waste ...

Join the march to save Sam Davies ward! Saturday 5 October Barry Hospital, Colcott Road 11.00 am By a Cardiff and Vale nurse “That was challenging and uncomfortable”: Cardiff and Vale Health Board chief executive Len Richards’ closing remark at a public engagement meeting over NHS cuts in Barry. After an hour’s presentation from the health board, which one attendee ...

By Ross Saunders Unison members in Barry Hospital have launched a campaign to save the Sam Davies ward from closure. Cardiff and Vale University Health Board plans to close the acute rehabilitation ward as part of its latest round of cuts, which it has dressed up as a reorganisation of services for older people. Ward East 2 in Llandough Hospital ...

By Joe Fathallah A report from Heathcare Inspectorate Wales has exposed the terrible conditions faced by patients and staff at the Accident & Emergency of Wales’s biggest hospital, the University Hospital of Wales (UHW), following an inspection on 25th-27th March. Staff were reduced to tears due to the lack of time and resources available to properly care for patients. Some ...

By Alec Thraves Rob Williams, Chair of the National Shop Stewards Network (NSSN), addressed a very successful NSSN public meeting in Bridgend, bringing solidarity and support to the Ford workers in their efforts to keep the plant open and to retain the 1,700 jobs threatened by the proposed closure. The almost 40 strong audience, including Ford workers, trade unionists and ...

By Alex Wedlake, Unite Young Members national committee (personal capacity) Following a series of mass meetings on 12 June, Unite members at the Ford plant in Bridgend decided overwhelmingly to fight the closure of the engine factory. With over 80% of workers voting in favour of action, there is a huge mandate for the union leadership to launch a campaign ...