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Across Wales, and much of England, ambulance workers in GMB and Unite are on strike only answering emergency calls. Anger is growing on the picket line against the UK Tory government’s refusal to even talk about a decent pay rise, but also at the Welsh Labour government that is keeping millions of pounds in reserves while refusing any further rise ...

The Welsh government have made new pay offers to NHS workers and school teachers. “Too little, too late” has been the overwhelming response from health and school workers. Welsh Ambulance Service workers and NEU members have voted decisively to reject the offer, and will all return to industrial action to force more money from the Welsh and UK governments. The ...

Reports by Alec Thraves, Ross Saunders, Dave Reid 1000 workers in the Welsh Ambulance Service in Unite took strike action today in pursuit of a decent pay rise. Across Wales there were lively picket lines. Gwent Beacon House Cwmbran At every picket line workers were at pains to explain they did not want to strike, but had little option. Low ...

By Rob Williams, Socialist Party trade union organiser 2023 is beginning as 2022 ended, with significant nationwide strike action, this time of railway workers in RMT and Aslef. Postal workers continue their fight against Royal Mail bosses and are gearing up for a mandatory reballot after six months of strikes. NHS workers, nurses and ambulance workers have more strike dates set for this ...

By Sam Cartwright, Wrexham On the 6th of March Ian Stevenson (86) was walking to his home in Johnstown, Wrexham when he was struck by a passing car. According to the family, the first call to the emergency services was made at 19:31 pm, but the ambulance did not arrive for another four hours leaving Mr. Stevenson on the ground in ...

Review of “The Welsh Way” by Dave Reid The Welsh Way: Essays on Neoliberalism and Devolution Edited by Daniel Evans, Kieron Smith and Huw Williams Published by Parthian Books, 2021, £10 Ever since the first devolved Welsh assembly in 1999 the idea has been promoted by many on the left that Welsh Labour, and the Welsh governments led by it, ...

By Dave Reid Welsh Labour and Plaid have reached an agreement that will give the Welsh Labour government led by Mark Drakeford a working majority. Labour won 30 out of the 60 Senedd seats in the election earlier this year, not enough for a controlling majority, and so has had to reach an agreement with Plaid which has 13 seats. ...

Social care is in crisis and needs fixing. There’s no doubt about that. Over 40,000 died from Covid in care homes during the pandemic in an overwhelmingly privatised system that puts profit before safety. Average pay for care workers is a paltry £8.50 an hour. One in four are on zero-hour contracts. With that level of pay and condition it’s ...

By John Williams The Socialist Party has restarted campaign stalls in Barry in South Wales as the lockdown has lifted. We’ve been calling for support for a 15% pay increase for NHS workers. The response has been really good – we’ve spoken to several health and care workers who are outraged over the proposed 1% pay ‘rise’, and agree with ...

By Beth Webster, UHW nurse, Cardiff West Socialist Party Boris Johnson has finally admitted that we are heading into a second Covid wave. NHS workers deserve a pay rise and need more resources to cope. At least 13 million people are now back under local lockdown, with an R rate as high as 1.4 in some areas. NHS and social ...