Tag Archives: Caerphilly

Build the pressure! By Geraint Thomas “Save our ‘stute”, chanted the hundreds marching through the town of Blackwood against the eye-watering £45m cuts proposed by Caerphilly council (see article). Cheered on by passers by, onlookers, and cars, the march rally took place at the square overlooked by the threatened Blackwood miners’ institute.The working class people from across the community were ...

By Mariam Kamish, Secretary Caerphilly Trades Council (in a personal capacity) Caerphilly Council’s cabinet is proposing to close two South Wales Valleys cultural icons and end an essential service to the community. Not out of financial necessity – but on the advice of a consultancy firm. The plans – out for public consultation until 10 September – include the closure ...

By a DWP PCS member PCS members in the DWP offices in Caerphilly, Gabalfa, Cwmbran, Merthyr, Newport and Tonypandy have had carry on delivering services to the public despite having the threat of the relocation of their work hanging over them for the past four years. DWP management at the height of the pandemic when workloads are soaring has decided ...

By Dave Reid The rise in coronavirus cases that has led an announcement of a partial lock-down in Caerphilly county has caused worry and concern for many people in the area. The Welsh government has imposed the lock-down as the number of confirmed cases of cases of Covid-19 has risen above 50 per 100,000. Welsh health minister, Vaughn Gething, said ...

By a Caerphilly National Education Union (NEU) rep When we returned to work in Caerphilly, despite the headteacher’s best efforts, lack of routine testing was causing huge anxiety among staff. Students weren’t in yet – but we knew that, within a few days of reopening, there would be 33 different students in front of us every hour. We were advised ...

By Dave Reid Over 400 G E Aircraft Engine Services workers and supporters marched through Caerphilly in a socially-distanced but lively demonstration to save jobs at the Nantgarw plant. GE has announced the loss of 369 jobs out of a workforce of 1350 which threatens the long-term future of the aircraft engine plant. Jobs at GE are hi-tech, highly skilled ...

G E Aircraft Engine Services workers will be marching on Saturday to save jobs at Nantgarw near Caerphilly. The US multinational has announced the loss of 369 jobs out of a workforce of 1350 which threatens the long-term future of the aircraft engine plant. Jobs at GE are hi-tech, highly skilled and well-paid industrial jobs. For generations the plant has ...

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 ...

A battle is raging inside and outside the Labour Party in Caerphilly county borough (mainly covering Islwyn and Caerphilly constituencies) against the cuts that the Labour-run council is inflicting on public services in the borough. In particular there has been outrage that the meals on wheels service is being effectively abolished while another quarter of a million pounds is being ...

Caerphilly borough council agreed at its meeting on Thursday to set aside even more money to settle the employment of its ex-chief executive including £108,000 in wages to the disgraced boss – even as it plans to cut its Meals On Wheels service to some of its most vulnerable residents saving £160,000. A lively protest by anti-cuts campaigners dressed in ...