<<< back LTU Opens Up Welsh Front! [18 Dec 2003] LTU has extended its campaign against Lloyds TSB’s ‘Jobs to India’ through launching a series of protests in South Wales. Almost three thousand staff in South Wales work in the type of operations that Lloyds TSB has said could possibly transfer to India. Over the last two weeks the Union’s Officials have met with two Welsh-based members of the Government, a number of other MP’s and representatives elected to the Welsh Assembly. One of the meetings involved Alun Michael who was Welsh First Secretary until he resigned in February 2000 and is now Minister of State, Rural Affairs as well as MP for Cardiff South and Penarth. The Union is particularly pleased by the support it has received in the UK Parliament and the prospect of the full backing of the Welsh Assembly in opposing the prospect of Lloyds TSB exporting Welsh jobs to India. This will add to the pressure upon the Bank’s Senior Management to drop its plans. Whilst LTU was meeting at the Welsh Assembly in Cardiff, another team of Officials was petitioning customers outside Lloyds TSB’s Neath branch. Media reaction was strong with both BBC Radio Wales and HTV joining LTU’s petitioners outside the branch. HTV reporter Harold George covered the story on HTV’s lunchtime and evening news bulletins and included an interview with Peter O’Grady, Asst. Secretary. Earlier in the week the South Wales Evening Post ran with the headline that nearly 3000 jobs were at risk in South Wales and alerted their readers to our attendance on Friday. Many customers commented that they were aware of our campaign from the local media and nearly 400 people signed LTU’s petition on a very damp and dreary day. <<< back

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