A small group of campaigners with placards have congregated outside a Llanelli hotel this morning, following the news that around 100 employees there will be made redundant next month. The Stradey Park Hotel is gearing up for the expected arrival of 241 asylum seekers, who will be housed across 76 rooms at the hotel, in the coming weeks - and staff members have been told they will no longer have jobs once the asylum seekers arrive.
It's understood workers were informed of the news by senior staff members, who have also been made redundant, following an email from hotel owners on Tuesday, June 27. Employees said they'd been told their last day working at the hotel would be Monday, July 10. You can get more Carmarthenshire news and other story updates straight to your inbox by subscribing to our newsletters here.
One worker, who asked not to be named, claimed: "We were called to a last minute meeting on Tuesday morning and were given the news that everyone would be made redundant with the last day being July 10. It was some of the managers who have been made redundant themselves who had to deliver the news. There was just complete shock. Thankfully, we have had a lot of support locally but it just doesn't make sense."
