3 protesters arrested at supermaket blockade
Huw Jones | 27.01.2007 20:12 | Culture | Globalisation | Social Struggles
Following a public meeting held in the High Street of Bangor, north Wales, attended by about 250 people a smaller group held a sit-down protest in the entrance to Morrisons supermarket. Despite previous protests and meetings between campaigners and the company’s head office in England, Morrisons have failed to provide a full bi-lingual service.
As eighty or so protesters sat down blocking the entrance a number of other Welsh Language Society members plastered posters on the doors announcing that the store was temporarily shut. Gwenno Teifi, Stiwart Davies and Bethan Willams were later arrested for suspected criminal damage. were later arrested for suspected criminal damage.
Established in 1962 The Welsh Language Society (Cymdeithas yr Iaith Gymraeg) has been successful in winning a TV channel, education reforms and two changes in legislation providing limited rights ensuring government, local councils and official bodies make use of Welsh. However the Society constantly draw attention to examples such as Morrisons as typical of the private sector’s failure to provide bi-lingual services.
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Stiwart Edwards
28.01.2007 12:37
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about time too !
28.01.2007 17:58
ive begun to notice that as commercial ventures in wales outstrip public developments, the requirement to put all signs etc in bilingual form is falling away rapidly. it matters very much, because the presence of welsh on an everyday basis is important to encourage its use. how bizare that the police (heddlu) try to be fully bilingual (you can be arrested in cymraeg!) but the regeneration agencies (demolition crews) cant give a llareggub (buggerall).
(NO CARROTS CAN BE ROUGHLY TRANSLATED AS DIM MORON)
beth ydyr amser