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Cardiff bin workers in Unite the Union have voted by 98% to strike against management bullying and the use of agencies. This massive vote on a 77% turnout follows years of bullying by management. The bin workers earned huge respect from the public all the way through the pandemic as they kept this vital service going – even at the ...

By Dave Reid Panasonic workers at Pentwyn in Cardiff have won a significant victory against the multinational giant. Today the company caved and increased its pay offer from zero to 5.5% over two years plus a £300 bonus. The fourth day of strike action has been suspended while the offer is being put to the members. This represents yet another ...

About 100 workers at Panasonic in Cardiff have taken their second day of strike action for a decent pay rise. Panasonic has offered yet another pay freeze. The workers, members of the GMB, are demanding 5%, itself a stand-still pay rise merely keeping up with cost of inflation after years of pay freezes and below-inflation pay rises. Panasonic, which has ...

By Dave Reid Stagecoach drivers in Cwmbran, Blackwood and Brynmawr are standing firm for a decent pay rise for all workers at the depots. Today on the 17th day of strike action the managing director came out of his office to discuss with pickets. The strikers made it absolutely clear that they will stand firm. The strike has been solid ...

By Dave Reid Over 200 stagecoach drivers at Cwmbran, Blackwood and Brynmawr depots, members of Unite, have completed their sixth day of strike action, the first of six phases. The next strike day is due to be Friday 29th October unless the company gives into the union demands for a rise to £10.50 an hour from £9.50. The company has ...

By Socialist Party members in education https://spined.co.uk NEU Executive announces emergency decision to call on members to exercise ‘Section 44’ Our schools and colleges are not safe. Full classrooms provide an environment where the new variant will quickly spread. No member of staff and no pupil should have to work in such dangerous conditions.That’s why, to protect their safety, and ...

By Mark Evans Branch Secretary Carmarthenshire County Unison (in a personal capacity) Workplace report published  by the Labour Research department in its March 2020 edition published a two page article with the headline ‘Social Partnership approach is way forward in Wales’. It claimed that the devolved (Labour) Welsh Government working closely with the Wales TUC “has developed a social partnership ...

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 ...

UCU members have recently won some important concessions from management and the WelshGovernment by balloting with a big majority for strike action. If accepted by members via e-ballot lecturers pay will rise by 2 – 3.5% and management has agreed to discuss workload. Clare Gibbs (UCU Coleg y Cymoedd) explains what has been won and the need to keep the ...

By Clare Gibbs, Coleg Y Cymoedd UCU (in a personal capacity) Lecturers across Wales will be taking strike action over pay and workload on Tuesday 4th December, Thursday 13th December and Friday 14th December.  This has been decided following the fantastic ballot result of University and College Union members who voted overwhelmingly to support. On pay the result was 90.5% ...