Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 6:12 pm on 28 February 2023.
I thank Joyce Watson for her contribution today, and I very much resonate the contribution and comments you make around the value of social partnership and that it's not just in the interests of workers and trade unions; it's in the interests of employers, whether public, private, voluntary sector or others. We've seen that recognised through the work that we've done in Wales, and the whole point of working together in social partnership is you're not always going to agree, but you have the mechanism to come together to identify challenges and try and find collective solutions. It brings benefits to businesses, it brings benefits for Wales as well.
On the point around the union from the world of work and going into schools, I think I've said before, maybe not in here, but unless you're a multimillionaire or you win the lottery, you're likely to spend a high proportion of your life at work, and young people are, sadly, the least likely to know their rights at work but the most likely to be in a position where they're exploited. So, it's really important that we equip and empower our young people to enter the world of work with that knowledge and with that understanding, but also not just as, perhaps, employees and workers themselves, but as the employers and entrepreneurs of the future as well.