Tag Archives: Bridgend

NHS workers across Wales and the UK were on the march today for a pay rise. There were protests in Cardiff, Swansea, Merthyr and Bridgend. Below Beth Webster a nurse at UHW hospital Cardiff explains the anger at the government’s refusal to increase pay. Cardiff On the march to the Senedd Over 500 angry nurses, NHS staff and supporters gathered ...

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 ...

By Rob Williams (former Unite convenor at ex-Swansea Ford plant) After months if not years of rumours and speculation, which have shredded the nerves of workers and their families, Ford have finally announced the closure of the Bridgend Engine Plant after nearly 40 years of production. This is a catastrophe for these 1,700 workers, their families and communities and the ...

By Rob Williams,  Socialist Party national industrial organiser and former Visteon (ex-Ford) Unite convenor, Swansea Fordworkers in Bridgend and their families are trying to come to terms with the announcement that over 1000 workers will lose their jobs over the next two years, with the first 370 to go as early as this spring. This comes at the same time that thousands of ...

Rob Williams, Socialist Party national industrial organiser and former Visteon (ex-Ford) Unite convenor Bridgend Ford workers have sent a clear message to the company: “Talk about sourcing that will save the plant or we’ll fight.” Nearly three-quarters of the shop floor voted in the industrial action ballot, showing that Bridgend workers are absolutely committed to fighting to save the plant ...

Bridgend Ford workers will be voting in an industrial action ballot, when voting papers go out at the end of this week. They want answers. They know that the clock is ticking and the future of the plant is on the line. The time to act is now before it is too late. This struggle is one of the most ...

Bridgend Ford workers have sent a huge statement of intent to Ford by not being available for overtime. They are telling Ford: come to the table and commit to sourcing that makes the plant viable for all those who want to work in it, or there will be action. It is absolutely correct to tell Ford and the politicians in ...

The warnings of the run down of the Bridgend plant by Ford workers have unfortunately proved correct. Ford has leaked documents indicating the run down of the plant over the next four years. By linking the closure to overtime payments the company is clearly trying to use the threat of closure to force through cuts in pay and conditions at ...

By Alec Thraves (Swansea Socialist Party) Hospital Sterilisation and Disinfection Unit (HSDU) workers at ABMU Health Board, covering Swansea, Neath/Port Talbot and Bridgend have been forced into taking strike action in an effort to bring their pay banding up to the equivalent of other HSDU workers in Health Boards across Wales. As the lengthy name of their unit suggests, we ...