Commenting on the Vale of Glamorgan’s decision to prevent NASUWT National Executive Member Sharron Daly from attending a routine redundancy consultancy meeting today, Matt Wrack, General Secretary of NASUWT – The Teachers’ Union, said:
 
“Today our NASUWT Cymru National Executive Member Sharron Daly tried to attend a redundancy consultation meeting with Vale of Glamorgan Council regarding forthcoming redundancies at Llantwit Major School. She attended in good faith as NASUWT’s chosen representative, in her role supporting teachers at the school. Unfortunately the Vale of Glamorgan Council prevented her admission to the meeting.
 
“NASUWT Cymru is entitled to choose the representative it sends to meetings with stakeholders. For the Vale of Glamorgan to suggest otherwise is misleading. Their failure to admit Sharron to today’s redundancy consultation meeting is obstruction of a basic democratic process – a trade union cannot advocate for its members without access to necessary meetings.”

Neil Butler, NASUWT National Official for Wales, said:  
 
“In this act of obstruction, Llantwit Major School continues to penalise its teachers for speaking up about poor workplace management. As a result of this afternoon’s events, NASUWT teachers were left with no choice but to abandon the meeting, to the detriment of their wellbeing at an already difficult time. A considerate employer would not have left them in this vulnerable position.
 
“NASUWT has been further obstructed from taking part in the school’s redundancy consultation as no information on redundancies was shared prior to the meeting. Teachers at the school remain unclear on who will be made redundant and when, or how many positions at the school will be terminated, causing untold stress and anxiety.
 
“The Vale of Glamorgan must recognise Sharron Daly as NASUWT’s chosen representative in this consultation and engage in good faith, or NASUWT will be unable to recognise the consultation as valid.”