By Joe England
The achievements of the Wales TUC, the nationwide establishment representing the geared up employees of Wales, in the past 30 years are precise and assessed during this paintings. the significance of the Wales TUC, not just to the examine of modern Welsh political and business heritage but additionally to overseas hard work historical past and business family members, is under pressure.
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Others agreed that the TUC proposal to replace the two RACs with one body for Wales had merit and that it should be possible to reconcile the two positions by careful discussion. But neither point of view accepted the TUC proposal as it stood. The strength of opposition, and the fact it was backed by conference decisions at Llandrindod Wells and Aberystwyth, persuaded a majority of the organization committee that there would have to be a change in the official TUC line. The meeting ended therefore with an understanding that the organization committee and the general council would give further consideration to how the TUC’s proposals for regional reorganization could be adapted to Wales.
There would be an annual conference instead of quarterly meetings as proposed by the TUC. A general council, chairman, secretary and treasurer would be elected by that annual conference. The education services provided by the TUC would continue to be separately provided by the TUC (as they were in Scotland). Two areas were left outstanding. One was the proportion of trades council delegates to union delegates at the annual conference. The 34 The Confrontation TUC wanted it to be 25 per cent, the Wales TUC constitution agreed at Aberystwyth had offered 40 per cent.
A basic tenet of trade unionism is that ‘unity is strength’. Breakaway organizations that threaten that unity are seen as dangerous. This was one problem that the sponsors of a Wales TUC had to overcome, but with that went the issue of TUC authority. Feather saw that it was being threatened. He responded by writing separately but in similar terms, to Jack Jones and to Lawrence Daly, general secretary of the NUM, enclosing a copy of George Wright’s letter and asking for their comments. 9 In response to this Jack Jones, at the December meeting of his union’s general executive council, gained support for the principle of establishing a Wales TUC and informed Feather of their decision.