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| Burberry fight taken to assembly | Burberry fight taken to assembly |
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| Workers at the threatened Burberry factory in south Wales are holding a demonstration against its closure at the Welsh assembly. | |
| The Rhondda-based factory, which employs 309 people, is in consultation about closing at the end of the year and moving production abroad. | The Rhondda-based factory, which employs 309 people, is in consultation about closing at the end of the year and moving production abroad. |
| Campaigners have held previously held demonstrations at the factory. | Campaigners have held previously held demonstrations at the factory. |
| Earlier this month, there were protests outside the designer's store in London about the closure. | Earlier this month, there were protests outside the designer's store in London about the closure. |
| Thursday's lunchtime demonstration was being addressed by Rhondda politicians Chris Bryant MP and Leighton Andrews AM. | |
| A small group of workers were taking the protest inside the assembly's Senedd building in Cardiff Bay. | |
| Mervyn Burnett, senior organiser for the GMB union, said: "This is the next step in the GMB campaign to gather support from elected representatives and others to maintain Burberry production in south Wales". | |
| The firm plans to close the factory at the end of the year | The firm plans to close the factory at the end of the year |
| The factory in Treorchy makes polo shirts and production will go where costs are lower, possibly to Asia or South America. | The factory in Treorchy makes polo shirts and production will go where costs are lower, possibly to Asia or South America. |
| Burberry has said the factory is no longer "commercially viable", but it would not abandon the UK. | Burberry has said the factory is no longer "commercially viable", but it would not abandon the UK. |
| The union is asking the company to consider bringing new work to the Rhondda. | The union is asking the company to consider bringing new work to the Rhondda. |
| It says Burberry could make raincoats in Wales rather than increasing the amount of rainwear it makes in Castleford, West Yorkshire. | |
| If the company was to make the extra 45,000 coats they plan to in Rhondda instead, the GMB says the company could save 220 of the 300 threatened jobs. | If the company was to make the extra 45,000 coats they plan to in Rhondda instead, the GMB says the company could save 220 of the 300 threatened jobs. |
| The firm would need to move to a smaller site than its Treorchy base, but the union believes one could be found in the area, possibly with help from the assembly government. | The firm would need to move to a smaller site than its Treorchy base, but the union believes one could be found in the area, possibly with help from the assembly government. |
| A Burberry spokeswoman said the company would look at all options, as the intention to close was "only a proposition". | A Burberry spokeswoman said the company would look at all options, as the intention to close was "only a proposition". |
| Leighton Andrews AM has urged south Wales-born movie star Ioan Gruffudd, who promotes Burberry, to back the campaign to keep the factory open. | Leighton Andrews AM has urged south Wales-born movie star Ioan Gruffudd, who promotes Burberry, to back the campaign to keep the factory open. |