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The Welsh re-Development Agency
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An excuse to do nothing
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When the thin blue line becomes a garrote
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Providing a useful sex education
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A mirrored darkness
February 6, 2012 09:02
Posts Tagged ‘trade unions’
An attack on employment rights
Today’s industrial dispute is about more than public sector pensions – it also arises from unease about individual employment rights which look likely to be severely eroded by the UK Government
Cutting it fine
Westminster-imposed budget restrictions have brought tensions between Labour-run administrations in Wales and traditional allies in the trades union movement, but the Welsh Government can lead the way in resolving the issue
Cutting our cloth
How should the trade union movement respond to the coalition’s public spending cuts? As delegates meet for a special Wales TUC conference, General Secretary Martin Mansfield sets out the debate
We can’t afford to cut the public sector
During a period of tight financial settlements, public services often become a scapegoat or an easy target for cuts and so-called efficiency savings. But cutting public services now could do the economy more damage and lead to another recession
We need fewer public sector jobs and fewer councils in Wales
Could we cut the number of public servants working in Wales by a fifth and improve public services? If we are to continue the work of the visionaries that created the welfare state, we have to
Carwyn restates education commitment
IN A LETTER to Wales’s teaching unions today – the last day of balloting in the Welsh Labour Leadership campaign – Carwyn Jones, has reiterated his commitment to increase education spending by at least 1%, if he becomes First Minister. In his letter, Carwyn told members of the NASUWT Cymru, NUT Cymru, UCAC, UCU, ATL [...]
Carwyn gets trade union backing
IN THE THREE sections of the Labour Party that make up the electoral college, it has long been known that Carwyn Jones has the strongest share of AMs and MPs and rumoured that he is polling well amongst ordinary party members. The third where his strength has been less clear is amongst the trade union [...]
Carwyn does positive
TODAY Carwyn Jones targets trade union voters, specifically those from UNISON, which offered him an endorsement last month. Supporting the ‘Positively Public’ campaign he is calling for quality in public services, and recognition of the essential role that Welsh public service workers make in achieving this. In the newsletter, sent to UNISON members across the [...]
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