OECD report shows Wales needs a clear vision for investment, says Wales TUC/Mae adroddiad yr OECD yn dangos bod angen gweledigaeth glir ar gyfer buddsoddiad yng Nghymru, medd TUC Cymru

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Commenting on the publication today of the OECD’s report on the future of regional development and public investment in Wales, Shavanah Taj, General Secretary of the Wales TUC said:

“Today’s report from the OECD is a timely and important contribution to the debate on how governments at all levels in Wales can set about delivering a more productive and inclusive economy.”

“The report rightly highlights the extent to which more than a decade of UK Government austerity has held back the productivity of the Welsh economy, and calls for greater investment in skills and R&D.

“The OECD has also underlined the need for a clear and coherent vision for investment and regional development. The UK Government’s Internal Market Bill represents an unjustifiable power grab in this area and threatens to undermine Wales’ ability to deliver such a vision.

“We would fully expect that the economic development governance arrangements that Welsh Government look to introduce on the back of this report properly reflect the commitments that they have made on embedding social partnership across government. Workers in Wales must be fully involved in making the decisions that will impact on their working lives.

“Getting the governance right for regional development is important. But ultimately restructuring and organisational changes cannot solve Wales’ productivity challenges. The key to a more productive and equal Welsh economy is pursuing a ruthless focus on Fair Work for all – where workers are fairly rewarded, heard and represented, secure and able to progress in a healthy, inclusive environment where rights are respected.

“The Covid-19 pandemic has shone a light on those workers and communities that have faced long-standing socio-economic inequality and exclusion. Now is the time to level-up and ensure every worker realises a genuine and real benefit from regional development.

Mae adroddiad yr OECD yn dangos bod angen gweledigaeth glir ar gyfer buddsoddiad yng Nghymrumedd TUC Cymru

Wrth sôn am gyhoeddiad adroddiad yr OECD heddiw ar ddyfodol datblygu rhanbarthol a buddsoddiad cyhoeddus yng Nghymru, dywedodd Shavanah Taj, Ysgrifennydd Cyffredinol TUC Cymru:

“Mae’r adroddiad heddiw gan yr OECD yn gyfraniad amserol a phwysig i’r ddadl ar sut y gall llywodraethau ar bob lefel yng Nghymru fynd ati i sicrhau economi fwy cynhyrchiol a chynhwysol.

“Mae’r adroddiad yn gywir i dynnu sylw at faint y mae mwy na degawd o lymder Llywodraeth y DU wedi dal cynhyrchiant economi Cymru yn ôl, ac yn galw am fwy o fuddsoddi mewn sgiliau ac ymchwil & datblygu.

“Mae’r OECD hefyd wedi tanlinellu’r angen am weledigaeth glir a chydlynol ar gyfer buddsoddi a datblygu rhanbarthol. Mae Mesur Marchnad Fewnol Llywodraeth y DU yn cynrychioli ymgyrch i gipio grym yn y maes hwn na ellir ei gyfiawnhau ac mae’n bygwth tanseilio gallu Cymru i gyflawni gweledigaeth o’r fath.

“Byddem yn llawn disgwyl fod y trefniadau llywodraethu datblygu economaidd y mae Llywodraeth Cymru yn bwriadu eu cyflwyno ar sail yr adroddiad hwn yn adlewyrchu’n briodol yr ymrwymiadau y maent wedi’u gwneud ar ymgorffori partneriaeth gymdeithasol ar draws y llywodraeth. Rhaid i weithwyr yng Nghymru gymryd rhan lawn yn y gwaith o wneud y penderfyniadau a fydd yn effeithio eu bywydau gwaith.

“Mae cael y llywodraethu’n iawn ar gyfer datblygu rhanbarthol yn bwysig. Ond yn y pen draw ni all ailstrwythuro a newidiadau sefydliadol ddatrys heriau cynhyrchiant Cymru. Yr allwedd i economi fwy cynhyrchiol a chyfartal yng Nghymru yw canolbwyntio’n ddidrugaredd ar Waith Teg i bawb – lle caiff gweithwyr eu gwobrwyo, eu clywed a’u cynrychioli’n deg, yn ddiogel ac yn gallu symud ymlaen mewn amgylchedd iach a chynhwysol lle mae hawliau’n cael eu parchu.

“Mae’r pandemig Covid-19 wedi taflu goleuni ar y gweithwyr a’r cymunedau hynny sydd wedi wynebu anghydraddoldeb ac allgau economaidd-gymdeithasol hir-sefydlog. Dyma’r amser i ‘lefelu lan’ a sicrhau bod pob gweithiwr yn cael budd gwirioneddol o ddatblygu rhanbarthol.”


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