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The Labour Party and Trade Unions in Wales have always worked together to deliver improvements for Welsh Workers. We in the trade union movement were therefore particularly pleased that Welsh Labour recently committed to delivering a package of funding to boost the skills of Welsh workers if the party is re-elected to the Welsh Assembly Government in May 2007.
• A significant increase in funding for the Wales Trade Union Learning Fund. This will enable unions to better equip workers with the skills they need in the modern world and improve workplace learning
• Extra resources to increase the number of modern apprenticeships. There are already 14,500 in Wales, more than double the rate in England.
• Linking investment grants awarded to companies to socially responsible corporate behaviour.
• The creation of a Wales Trade Union Modernisation Fund
This demonstrates that Labour values our manufacturing workers and craftspeople as essential to the Welsh economy. Labour shares our goal of creating a modern workforce equipped with the high-tech skills they need to compete in a global marketplace.
Welsh Labour has also committed to ending competitive tendering for Hospital Cleaners. Our cleaners provide a hugely important role as part of the clinical teams toiling away to make our hospitals fit for patients, staff and visitors. They should be rewarded for their hard work and dedication. Ensuring they are a valued part of the clinical team would also be another key step in beating the fight against hospital infections.
This package proves that Labour is the party not only of high employment but of rights in the workplace and of quality work for a generation.
Labour has already delivered huge improvements for the people of Wales including
• The lowest unemployment and fastest growth in the UK
• Record investment in schools and hospitals
• Seven new hospitals opened or on the way in Wales
• Over 8,000 more nurses and 1,700 teachers working on the frontline than in 1997
• Free bus travel for pensioners and disabled people
• Free school milk for five, six & seven year olds.
• Free Breakfasts for primary school children.
• Free nursing care for older people in nursing homes.
• Maintenance Grants for full time students in Further Education Colleges
• Free swimming for pensioners and schoolchildren.
• No top up tuition fees in Welsh universities
• Prescriptions will be free for everyone this April.
By campaigning together and winning the Welsh Assembly Elections we can secure and build on these achievements.
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