Burberry workers fight until the bitter end.

I just thought that I should mention the Burberry rally today which I did hope to go to, but couldn't in the end... With good news in Swansea about Amazon, the closure of Burberry is a reminder that manufacturing jobs are still threatened, with more and more companies moving overseas. I worked in the Plaid Rhondda Office with Jill Evans for over a year, and I know that she has supported the campaign wholeheartedly, and worked with the Union in making the campaign a success. I know the area well, and it must be disappointing for Treorci to lose these well needed jobs. It's uncertain whether new industries will open shop in the area, especially as transport links are very poor due to lack of New Labour investment in the road structures. You may argue that there is now a new Rhondda relief road, but that stops at Porth!...

The rally was a success today, and the workers have protested consistently and effectively throughout the campaign. They managed to win some concessions - enhanced redundancy payments, long-service awards, and around £500,000 for workforce re-training.

Protest politics is long from being dead, and if one positive thing can be said from this, it is that the voice of the people shone through in this campaign, and that they made sure that the issue was at the top of the political agenda.

Swyddi Amazon Abertawe/ Swansea Amazon jobs

Fel Ian Titherington, ymgeisydd Plaid Gorllewin Abertawe, rwyf yn croesawu'r swyddi newydd Amazon i Abertawe. Rhaid gwneud yn siwr bod y swyddi yma yn gynnaladwy ac bod yna gefnogaeth clir i'r gweithwyr. Yn ol yr hyn rwy'n deall, mae gan Amazon trac record weddol wan o hybu eu staff i ymuno ag Undeb Llafur. Os ydym am greu ethos gwaith cyfiawn a theg yn Abertawe, rhaid i gwmniau rhoi rhwydd hynt i'w aelodau staff i ymuno ag Undebau Llafur.

Gobeithio yn wir y bydd Amazon yn datblygu eu diwydiant yn y dyfodol yn Abertawe, a hynny trwy ehangu sgiliau'r gweithwyr, ac ennyn pobl i weithio ag i fyw yn yr ardal. Mae Plaid yn cefnogi busnesau lleol yn ein maniffesto, trwy cynnig torri treth treth dethol a thorri cyfraddau busnes. Rydym hefyd yn ymgyrchu i ymrwymo i ganllawiau gwaith yr Undeb Ewropeaidd fel bod cwmniau yn cael ei orfodi i ofalu am eu gweithwyr, a dylai'r Llywodraeth gweithredu cyfreithiau Ewropeaidd i amddiffyn y gweithwyr yn llawer fwy effeithiol a thyn.

Like Ian Titherington, our Swansea West candidate, I welcome the new Amazon jobs for Swansea. Now, the task is to make sure that these jobs are sustainable and that the company provides clear support for workers. From what I understand, Amazon has a somewhat cloudy record of encouraging staff in other plants to join a Trade Union. If we want to create a truly just and fair work environment in Swansea, companies such as Amazon must allow workers to practise their rights by joining Unions.

I do hope that Amazon will develop their company in Swansea, and encourage people to stay in the area to work. Plaid, as highlighted in our manifesto support local businesses, and are pledging to cut corporation tax and business rates. We have also been campaigning to make sure that stronger employment protection laws are implemented in line with EU directives so that workers are supported and protected.