Welsh News

By Joe Fathallah In Wales, February means one thing – the Six Nations! The annual rugby tournament, in which the national team competes with England, Scotland, Ireland, France and Italy for the trophy, is a highlight of the year as town and city centres are packed out on match days, with supporters basking in the occasion, taking in the game, ...

By Alec Thraves, Swansea Trades Council It appears from reports, which will apparently be confirmed tomorrow, that our slogan on “No trust in Tata” has been tragically borne out by the imminent announcement that the two blast furnaces in Port Talbot will be shut down with potential job losses up to 3000 steel workers in the next period. This is ...

By Jaime Davies I was deeply saddened, as were so many comrades in the Socialist Party and the wider labour movement, to hear about the untimely passing of Robert Owen this past Christmas eve, of a fatal heart attack at his home in Baku, Azerbaijan. Rob was born on 13th June 1962, to Gwynfor and Rita, he was the younger ...

By Dave Reid Junior doctors went on strike at hospitals across Wales for three days January 15th -17th. At UHW hospital in Cardiff doctors chanted “Claps don’t pay the bills” on a very lively picket line. Hundreds of junior doctors attended the rally at the Senedd on the 2nd day of strike action. Some junior doctors earn just £13.65 an ...

By John Williams, Cardiff Socialist Party After eleven weeks of action in the autumn of 2023, Cardiff Council workers in Unite are striking again, against the national local government (NJC) pay offer. Strike action by refuse and recycling workers started on 28 December and was due to end on 25 January, but is now extended until 22 February. The council ...

What is the point of a Welsh Labour government if it merely passes on UK Tory cuts? By Dave Reid Happy New Year! – the Welsh government has put forward a devastating budget for public services in Wales for 2024. The figures are terrifying: £1.3 billion of cuts in real terms since 2021, even though Welsh Government ministers have said ...

Nationalisation NOT Devastation! By Alec Thraves (Swansea Socialist Party & Vice President of Swansea Trades Council) In the run up to Xmas, Steel workers and residents remain on the edge of an economic and social precipice yet again! Tactical differences on how to respond to Tata’s threat of a jobs slaughter have emerged between the steel unions. The Community union and GMB ...

By Joe Fathallah Unite members at Cardiff Council are now taking their eleventh week of strike action, against a Labour-run authority, for a decent pay increase in line with the cost of living. The workers have decided to concentrate on picketing County Hall, where most of the council meetings take place, for maximum impact. I got into a discussion on ...

By Mark Evans, Swansea and West Wales Socialist Party The Senedd’s (Welsh Parliament) Equality and Social Justice Committee report ‘Calling time on child poverty; how Wales can do better’ highlighted what most working-class people already knew in Wales; the Welsh Labour government is failing to tackle child poverty. The committee, taking evidence from experts, was told that the Welsh government ...

At least 1500 people marched in Cardiff on Saturday October 21st against the war in Gaza.