WELSH nationalists welcomed party leader Rhun ap Iorwerth’s conference speech today, but trade unions gave it a more lukewarm welcome.Plaid Cymru’s leader made several policy pledges and promised to work with business to rebuild Wales, but pointedly failed to mention trade unions as partners, despite more than 31 per cent of the Welsh workforce being unionised.One leading union official said: “There was much to recommend in Rhun’s speech, but if Plaid wish to change Wales for the better they will need to accept trade unions as committed social partners.”

WELSH nationalists welcomed party leader Rhun ap Iorwerth’s conference speech today, but trade unions gave it a more lukewarm welcome.

Plaid Cymru’s leader made several policy pledges and promised to work with business to rebuild Wales, but pointedly failed to mention trade unions as partners, despite more than 31 per cent of the Welsh workforce being unionised.

One leading union official said: “There was much to recommend in Rhun’s speech, but if Plaid wish to change Wales for the better they will need to accept trade unions as committed social partners.”

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