7. Plaid Cymru Debate: Workers' Rights

Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 5:11 pm on 1 May 2019.

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Photo of Julie James Julie James Labour 5:11, 1 May 2019

Diolch, Dirprwy Lywydd. As a political party that was created to unite trade unionists and socialists and to give voice to the working class, and as a Government that believes in equality, social justice and opportunity for all, we absolutely recognise the importance of International Workers' Day as a means to highlight the plight of many workers and to promote workers' rights. But, as a party with an indelible link to trade unionism—and like Dawn Bowden I too am a proud member of Unison, which I have been for some 40-odd years now—successive Welsh Governments have developed and deployed excellent working relationships with employers and trade unions over the last 20 years. We have replaced the remaining points of the motion to set that record straight, because the motion is not written and designed to get consensus across the Chamber, it's written as an attack, and that's why we reject it and replaced it with ours, and I'm very happy that we have done so. [Interruption.] Certainly.