TUC Cymru’s Congress has called on the new Welsh government not to offer public contracts to companies refusing to recognise trade unions.Mia Hollsing of Rhondda Cynon Taf trades council said “under the Social Partnership and Public Procurement Wales Act, it says that all public procurement should be socially responsible — well, that means recognising a trade union.”Ms Hollsing said that while union recognition was only a “first step, it’s an important first step.”

TUC Cymru’s Congress has called on the new Welsh government not to offer public contracts to companies refusing to recognise trade unions.

Mia Hollsing of Rhondda Cynon Taf trades council said “under the Social Partnership and Public Procurement Wales Act, it says that all public procurement should be socially responsible — well, that means recognising a trade union.”

Ms Hollsing said that while union recognition was only a “first step, it’s an important first step.”

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