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<span>The protest against CCG at Caernarfon drew hundreds of people</span>
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<p> </p> <p>Gwynedd councillors yesterday criticised a housing
association for it’s decision to drop the Welsh language as an essential
skill for senior managers.</p> <p>Twelve members of the language
committee voted unanimously that a controversial decision taken by
Cartrefi Cymunedol Gwynedd - landlord to 6,300 homes - went against its
own language policy and would lead to a reduction in the use of Welsh by
the company and its workforce rather than promote it.</p> <p>CCG want to employ two top directors on salaries of £82,000 each - but they don’t have to speak Welsh.</p> <p>The committee backed a proposal by <a href="http://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/cllr-sian-gwenllian-quits-housing-8291597">Cllr Sian Gwenllian</a> that CCG’s decision would “open the door” for other bodies to follow the same path.</p> <p>The
councillors also asked for a meeting with CCG’s board of directors to
discuss its decision and asked for a report to be prepared by its next
meeting to look at the “lessons to be learned” so that similar problems
can be avoided in the future.</p> <p>
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<p>The council was responsible for the housing stock before they transferred to CCG.</p> <p>Cllr Gwenllian’s resigned from CCG’s board following its decision to downgrade its language job requirements.</p> <p>Welsh
Language Commisioner Meri Huws said it had not given sufficient reason
for its decision not to make Welsh a condition of employment.</p> <p><a href="http://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/hundreds-attend-caernarfon-protest-against-8510020">A protest held at Caernarfon last Saturday attracted over 250 protesters and calling for CCG to change its mind.</a></p> <p>A
CCG spokeswoman said: “The deadline for applications for the two
directors’ positions has now passed and the recruitment process is
on-going. We hope to appoint by the end of February. <a href="http://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/gwynedd-housing-group-carry-recruiting-8344831">The
decision to remove the language requirement for these two posts was a
very difficult one for the Board but one that was based on a set of
circumstances and experience which included our difficulty in recruiting
to senior management and technical posts in the past.”</a></p>
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