SUPPORT FOR LINAMAR

Gwenda Thomas A.M. has welcomed the Welsh Assembly Government’s First Minister Carwyn Jones’ commitment to seek a meeting with Linamar and the unions before the end of this week. This commitment was given in a reply to an oral question from Brian Gibbons A.M. during this afternoon's plenary session at The National Assembly.

Mrs. Thomas said, ‘I made contact with Andy Richards, Unite Wales Regional Secretary, last week to offer my assistance, as the closure of this plant in Swansea will also have a detrimental impact on many of my constituents in Neath and the Swansea Valley.’

‘At this fragile point in our economy and with the effects of cuts in public spending and welfare benefits ahead, every effort must be made to ensure that job cuts in Wales are kept to an absolute minimum.’