Gareth Bromhall, Swansea Trades Union Council secretary
100 trade unionists and community campaigners attended a rally hosted by Swansea Trades Union Council and Wales TUC, part of the ‘We Demand Better’ roadshow. Leading national trade unionists spoke alongside local union organisers.
Charlie Wells – Youth Fight for Jobs and the Socialist Party – highlighted the stark reality facing young people in the cost-of-living crisis, and explored the challenges facing workers organising in hospitality and other precarious sectors.
I closed the rally, driving home the importance of coordinated union action. I finished by raising that Wales TUC should call a national demonstration in Cardiff.
This could draw together the strength of the trade union movement across Wales, and put pressure on the Welsh Labour government in Cardiff on pay and conditions in devolved areas, like health and education. It would send a message to Westminster that the Welsh working class is on the march.
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