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NDM7036 Plaid Cymru debate - Climate Change
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Meeting: 01/05/2019 - Plenary - Fifth Senedd (Item 7)
Plaid Cymru debate - Worker's Rights
NDM7034 Rhun
ap Iorwerth (Ynys Môn)
To propose that the National Assembly for
Wales:
1. Notes the importance of International Workers’
Day and the role of trade unions in securing the rights of workers in Wales.
2. Notes that Wales is lagging behind the
rest of the UK when it comes to fair wage levels, with many people in Wales on
wages 30 per cent lower than the rest of the UK population.
3. Believes that legislation should be
updated to:
a) deliver ‘Fair Work’ using policy and
funding levers and raising collective bargaining coverage;
b) protect workers’ rights through more
effective enforcement; and
c) embed social partnership and collective
bargaining into the fabric of Welsh work life.
4. Calls on the Welsh Government to ban the
use of zero hours contracts in all devolved Welsh public services and
associated supply chains.
5. Calls on the Welsh Government to include
a commitment to introducing a social partnership act and associated timetable
to the current government’s legislative programme.
The following
amendments were tabled:
Amendment 1 - Rebecca
Evans (Gower)
Delete all after Point 1 and replace with:
Commends the record of successive Welsh
Governments since 1999 in developing effective social partnership structures
with trades unions and business in Wales.
Notes this approach has helped deliver
tangible rights for workers in Wales through the Trade Union (Wales) Act and
the Agricultural Wages Order which have overturned UK Government legislation.
Welcomes the actions developed through
social partnership by the Welsh Government to eliminate exploitative zero hours
contracts in Wales and the work it has done through the Code of Practice on
Ethical Employment in Supply Chains.
Recognises the Welsh Government’s
commitment to make Wales a Fair Work nation.
Notes the Welsh Government’s commitment to
develop a Social Partnership Act and to introduce it in this Assembly term.
Calls on the UK Government to ensure that
as we leave the EU it commits to dynamic and legally binding standards on the
protection and enforcement of fair work across the UK.
Agricultural
Wages (Wales) Order
Code
of Practice on Ethical Employment in Supply Chains
[If amendment 1 is agreed, amendments 2 and
3 will be de-selected]
Amendment 2 - Darren
Millar (Clwyd West)
Delete point 4.
Amendment 3 - Darren
Millar (Clwyd West)
Delete point 5 and replace with:
Calls on the Welsh Government to consult on
the development of a social partnerships act.
Amendment 4 - Darren
Millar (Clwyd West)
Add as new point at end of motion:
Welcomes the UK Government's commitment to
protect workers' rights post-Brexit.
Minutes:
The item started at
16.52
Voting
on the motion and amendments under this item was deferred until Voting Time.
A
vote was taken on the motion without amendment:
NDM7034 Rhun ap Iorwerth (Ynys Môn)
To propose that the National Assembly for Wales:
1. Notes the importance of International Workers’ Day and the role of
trade unions in securing the rights of workers in Wales.
2. Notes that Wales is lagging behind the rest of the UK when it comes to
fair wage levels, with many people in Wales on wages 30 per cent lower than the
rest of the UK population.
3. Believes that legislation should be updated to:
a) deliver ‘Fair Work’ using policy and funding levers and raising
collective bargaining coverage;
b) protect workers’ rights through more effective enforcement; and
c) embed social partnership and collective bargaining into the fabric of
Welsh work life.
4. Calls on the Welsh Government to ban the use of zero hours contracts
in all devolved Welsh public services and associated supply chains.
5. Calls on the Welsh Government to include a commitment to introducing a
social partnership act and associated timetable to the current government’s
legislative programme.
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
10 |
2 |
40 |
52 |
The
motion without amendment was not agreed.
The
following amendments were tabled:
Amendment 1 - Rebecca Evans (Gower)
Delete all after Point 1 and replace with:
Commends the record of successive Welsh
Governments since 1999 in developing effective social partnership structures
with trades unions and business in Wales.
Notes this approach has helped deliver
tangible rights for workers in Wales through the Trade Union (Wales) Act and
the Agricultural Wages Order which have overturned UK Government legislation.
Welcomes the actions developed through
social partnership by the Welsh Government to eliminate exploitative zero hours
contracts in Wales and the work it has done through the Code of Practice on
Ethical Employment in Supply Chains.
Recognises the Welsh Government’s
commitment to make Wales a Fair Work nation.
Notes the Welsh Government’s commitment to
develop a Social Partnership Act and to introduce it in this Assembly term.
Calls on the UK Government to ensure that
as we leave the EU it commits to dynamic and legally binding standards on the
protection and enforcement of fair work across the UK.
Agricultural
Wages (Wales) Order
Code of
Practice on Ethical Employment in Supply Chains
A vote was taken on
amendment 1:
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
28 |
0 |
24 |
52 |
Amendment
1 was agreed.
As amendment 1 was agreed,
amendments 2 and 3 were de-selected
Amendment 4 - Darren Millar (Clwyd West)
Add as new point at
end of motion:
Welcomes the UK Government's
commitment to protect workers' rights post-Brexit.
A vote was taken on
amendment 4:
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
38 |
0 |
14 |
52 |
Amendment
4 was agreed.
A
vote was taken on the motion as amended:
NDM7034 Rhun ap Iorwerth (Ynys Môn)
To propose that the National Assembly for Wales:
1. Notes the importance of International Workers’ Day and the role of
trade unions in securing the rights of workers in Wales.
2. Commends the
record of successive Welsh Governments since 1999 in developing effective
social partnership structures with trades unions and business in Wales.
3. Notes this
approach has helped deliver tangible rights for workers in Wales through the
Trade Union (Wales) Act and the Agricultural Wages Order which have overturned
UK Government legislation.
4. Welcomes the
actions developed through social partnership by the Welsh Government to
eliminate exploitative zero hours contracts in Wales and the work it has done
through the Code of Practice on Ethical Employment in Supply Chains.
5. Recognises the
Welsh Government’s commitment to make Wales a Fair Work nation.
6. Notes the Welsh
Government’s commitment to develop a Social Partnership Act and to introduce it
in this Assembly term.
7. Calls on the UK
Government to ensure that as we leave the EU it commits to dynamic and legally
binding standards on the protection and enforcement of fair work across the UK.
8. Welcomes the UK
Government's commitment to protect workers' rights post-Brexit.
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
29 |
0 |
23 |
52 |
The
motion as amended was agreed.