AM’s concern over jobs threat
10 November 2009
Bethan Jenkins AM is seeking urgent meetings with unions and management at a Pontardawe engineering materials firm after learning of threatened job losses there.
The South Wales West Assembly Member has been told by workers that 19 people are to lose their jobs at Wall Colmonoy, an international provider of materials for welding and brazing that recently celebrated having a factory in Wales for 40 years.
Plaid’s Bethan Jenkins AM said:
“I have been told that staff are angry about this. They are angry because they claim that Wall Colmonoy staged a high profile, back-slapping event while planning redundancies, and because they suspect that a planned 19 job losses will mean that the company will not have to make an announcement about redundancies.
“I have raised this issue in the Assembly this afternoon because it is an urgent matter. The Leader of the House, assured me that the Welsh Assembly Government would move swiftly to establish a dialogue with Wall Colmonoy.
“In the mean time, I will also be asking for a meeting with both the company and any unions that represent workers there with a view to finding a better outcome for staff.”
