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Nationalise production to guarantee supplies of PPE By Beth Webster, ICU nurse at University Hospital Wales, Cardiff Health workers don’t want medals, and care workers don’t want badges. We want the equipment we need to be safe while we do our jobs, and we want a decent pay rise that means worrying about paying the bills isn’t distracting us from ...

Carmarthenshire Unison has written to Health and Social Care Minister, Vaughn Gething, to express the concern of council workers who are being put in danger by the negligence of governments who failed to prepare for the Coronavirus crisis and are not taking the necessary measures to protect them now. Health workers and care workers in the front line in the ...

By Dave Reid Over 1200 health workers in the NHS in Wales have signed a letter (below) appealing to the Welsh government to step in to provide the necessary resources to tackle the Covid-19 pandemic and end the scandalous situation in our hospitals where patients and NHS workers and their families are falling ill to the virus due only to ...

By Ross Saunders Boris Johnson’s response to the new coronavirus epidemic has been one of the most inept of all the leaders of the capitalist world. That the Welsh government, which could have taken a sharply contrasting independent line, instead followed in his footsteps as he lost his balance, makes a farce out of a tragedy. Wales should immediately and ...

By Alex Wedlake   Just before the Christmas the BBC issued a stark warning for the people of Wales. The NHS winter crisis had begun. In 2019 the Welsh Ambulance service has failed to meet its response time targets despite monumental number fudging that oversaw the degrading of stroke call outs from Red to Amber; this is in spite of ...

By Dave Reid The 2019 general election marks a significant but temporary defeat for working people in Wales. The Johnson government looks set to implement a series of reactionary measures against working people and the cuts to NHS and other public services will continue. Inevitably the right-wing capitalist media are baying for blood to not just force Corbyn out but ...

By Dave Reid Welsh politics is in a state of flux with a very uncertain situation developing. The disillusionment with the political establishment was reflected in the 53% vote to leave the EU in 2016 and the current rising support for independence. All the Westminster-based parties that have implemented austerity have lost support in Wales. The main pro-capitalist political parties ...

By Joe Fathallah A report from Heathcare Inspectorate Wales has exposed the terrible conditions faced by patients and staff at the Accident & Emergency of Wales’s biggest hospital, the University Hospital of Wales (UHW), following an inspection on 25th-27th March. Staff were reduced to tears due to the lack of time and resources available to properly care for patients. Some ...

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 Ross Saunders RMT members in train fleet maintenance in Wales are planning to begin industrial action this June against a threat to their job security, pensions, pay and terms and conditions. A resounding 98% voted in favour of strike action on an 80% turnout, which should give confidence to union members everywhere that with the right approach it is ...