The second installment of our exclusive series sees the anonymous worker used to plug a labour shortage after the factory is hit by an outbreak of Covid-19. But despite his best efforts, he is given no PPE and pays a heavy price with his health and income.
“Working in…
DELAYS ON ACCESSING TESTS MEANS TRACING THE VIRUS IS HARDER AND TRANSMISSION MORE LIKELY
SERCO/DELOITTE RUN ‘LIGHTHOUSE’ PROGRAMME ADOPTED BY WELSH GOVERNMENT IN MAY SEES HUGE SUMS OF PUBLIC MONEY HANDED OVER TO OUTSOURCING FIRM
COLLAPSE IN TESTING CAPACITY LEADING TO SPIKE IN CASES WITH NHS WALES HAVING TO STEP…
In the first installment of this exclusive series chronicling the life of a front line worker during the Coronavirus pandemic, the writer finds himself living in poverty in early 2020, desperate for work as the virus spreads across Europe.
“Working in a factory during Covid has shown me first-hand how…
AS THE TORIES TRY TO PUSH AHEAD WITH BREXIT IN THE MIDST OF A PANDEMIC WITH THEIR INTERNAL; MARKET BILL, THEY HAVE LAUNCHED AN ASSAULT ON DEVOLUTION AS A MEANS OF GETTING WHAT THEY WANT FROM A FUTURE TRADE DEAL. HERE FOUR ACTIVISTS, WRITERS AND POLITICIANS FROM THE TRADE UNION,…
THE CAMPAIGN TO SAVE AN AREA OF UNIQUE WILDLIFE IN CARDIFF HAS BEEN BOOSTED BY A LETTER WRITTEN BY MEDICS QUESTIONING THE DECISION TO BUILD A NEW CANCER CENTRE ON THE LAND.
On Tuesday, a group of 57 cancer specialists wrote to Wales' chief medical officer and politicians, questioning the…
UNISON AND GMB SAY SUBSIDIARY MODEL AT UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH WALES WILL ALLOW THE UNIVERSITY TO EMPLOY SUPPORT STAFF ON LOWER WAGES; INFERIOR PENSIONS; REDUCED MATERNITY AND PATERNITY PAY; REDUCED ANNUAL LEAVE AND REDUCED SICK PAY.
The University of South Wales (USW) has been branded ‘immoral’ by unions for planning…
The former shadow chancellor John McDonnell, the former miner and chairman of Tower Colliery Tyrone O’Sullivan, two Cardiff university professors and The Guardian's senior economics commentator Aditya Chakrabortty are among the signatories of a letter to Welsh Government urging it to re-purpose the threatened Airbus and Ford factories and use…
As thousands of renters in Wales face the prospect of eviction from next month, a community union fighting their corner is taking action to demand Welsh Government steps in to protect them.
On Saturday 22nd August, the Cardiff branch of ACORN - a community based union of tenants, workers and…
250 TAKE TO THE STREETS AGAINST ‘DISGUSTING’ DOWNGRADING
PRESSURE MOUNTS ON WELSH GOVERNMENT TO MAKE A U TURN AFTER CHILDREN’S COMMISSIONER SAYS TEACHER ASSESSED GRADES MUST BE USED
STUDENTS PLEDGE FURTHER PROTESTS IF ALGORITHM MODEL IS NOT SCRAPPED
Around 250 students, parents, teachers, trade unionists and their supporters took to…
PROTEST SET TO TAKE PLACE OUTSIDE THE SENEDD AT 1.00PM TODAY WITH STUDENTS, SCHOOL WORKERS AND POLITICAL LEADERS DEMANDING ALGORITHM MODEL IS SCRAPPED
SYSTEM SEES 42% OF A LEVEL PUPILS DOWNGRADED AT A TIME OF LOOMING ECONOMIC RECESSION AND MASS UNEMPLOYMENT
VOICE SPEAKS TO STUDENT ORGANISER OF THE PROTEST AND…