The new General Secretary of the Wales TUC, Laura Doel, on her priorities and aims

Laura Doel is the new general secretary of TUC Cymru22:27, 16 Aug 2026Updated 22:27, 16 Aug 2026On Laura Doel's CV you'll find roles in unions, politics, and even newspapers. She worked in manufacturing at Tillery Valley Foods and there was also the spell as a Chinese takeaway driver with a sideline as a taxi, but that's a different story.‌Now, she is the new general secretary of TUC Cymru. An umbrella organisation, it has 47 affiliates, who represent 400,000 members in Wales.‌Unions are something that run in her blood. For the biggest stories in Wales first sign up to our daily newsletter here‌"I was born and raised in South Wales Valleys, so everybody in my family was a member of a union. They were miners, they were steelworkers, they were in manufacturing and so it was instilled in me f