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TRADE unionists are organising with local health services to support workers whose mental health has suffered through Ford’s decision to “walk away” from its factory in Bridgend.
MPs belonging to the Welsh affairs select committee heard from GMB and Unite union officials yesterday as well as local Labour councillor Huw David and Ford of Europe chairman Steven Armstrong.
Over 1,700 jobs have been put at risk by the proposed 2020 closure of the factory, announced in June.
As bus builder Alexander Dennis threatens Falkirk closure and Grangemouth faces ruthless shutdown by tax exile Jim Ratcliffe, RICHARD LEONARD MSP warns that global corporations must be resisted by a bold industrial strategy based on public ownership
TONY BURKE says an International Labour Conference next month will try for a new convention to protect often super-exploited workers providing services such as ride-hailing (taxis) such as Uber as well as fast food and package delivery
LUKE FLETCHER pours scorn on Labour’s betrayal of the Welsh steel industry, where the option of nationalisation was sneered at and dismissed – unlike at Scunthorpe where the government stepped in