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n By Amanda Campbell PAY US, DON’T SCRAP US BACK IN THE AGRICULTURAL HEARTLANDS OF WALES, ALL IS NOT PEACHY.


YES, THERE’S AN AGRICULTURAL WAGES PANEL. BUT THE MINIMUM WAGE IS WELL, PRETTY MINIMAL AND WHAT YOUNG PERSON WANTS TO LABOUR IN THE FIELDS WHEN THEY CAN STOCK SHELVES FOR MORE MONEY?


‘People can get mor e money


stacking shelves than toiling away for long hours on a farm’ Barrie Roberts, Unite rep


SCRAP THE AAP?


The bosses’ body, the Welsh NFU has made it clear in its manifesto for the 2026 Senedd elections there is no need for a wages board – when you have a perfectly adequate national minimum wage.


It's like saying why pay workers more?


KEEP THE AAP?


But it looks like the Labour government in Wales is in step with Unite and values the agricultural advisory panel. From the then shadow farming minister who in 2012 said,


“People who pick the apple should be able to pay for it as well” Huw Irranca-Davies, in replying to a Senedd debate, September 2025, said“ W W


W e've fought har e stand steadfast. d to r


e see the value of this for agricultur workers and for employment pr


Huw Irranca-Davies MS, Deputy First Minister


etain this [pay panel]… al


otection”


23 uniteLANDWORKER Spring 2026


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