Strikes Over Factories Sell Off
Union members at Remploy begin strike action today after the Government announced plans to close or sell 54 factories in the UK, including those in Leicester and Stoke. Further strike action is planned next week.
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Union members strike over closure plans
Remploy workers on strike
Remploy workers across the region have been on strike this morning urging the Government to rethink plans to close several factories.
Read the full storyChanting at the Remploy picket lines
Workers from Remploy have been striking today in Stok-on-Trent.
It's over the plans by Ministers to save money that could see 54 factories close.
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Remploy workers strike in Stoke-on-Trent
Hundreds of disabled workers who work for a government funded manufacturer are on strike today.
54 Remploy factories including those in Leicester, Worksop and Stoke-on-Trent could close under plans by Ministers to save money.
Remploy worker says he is worried
Disabled workers at Remploy factories across the country are to stage a 24-hour strike in response to last week's Government announcement that 54 UK factories are to close or be sold-off.
Gerald Froggett who works at the Derby plant which could be but to be sold off to a third party if one can be found, has been with the company for 25 years.
He is worried how it will affect him.
Union members strike over closure plans
Union members at Remploy begin strike action today over Government plans to sell or close 54 factories in the UK, including the Midlands.
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