Many former Remploy staff in new employment
Hundreds of former Remploy workers have found other jobs or are in training after taking up a Government employment support package.
Former Remploy workers stage protest at Tory Conference
Disabled workers who have lost their jobs after the closure of Remploy factories are staging a protest outside the Tory Party Conference.
Remploy factory workers start 5-day strike
Remploy workers in Chesterfield have begun a five-day-strike as they are worried that they are about to lose their jobs.
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Overtime ban at Remploy
Overtime is due to be banned at Remploy factories across the Midlands.
The government-run firm is to close three of its sites across the Midlands, it announced earlier this week.
In total, the government say, it has to close 27 of its sites across the country as part of necessary funding cuts and that money would be better used to support more disabled people in work.
Workers at Remploy's 54 factories are due to stage two 24-hour strikes in protest at the earlier announcement of closures.
Union calls Remploy closures 'a travesty'
Disabled people who work for the government-run firm Remploy have been told today that they're losing their jobs.
Factories in Leicester and Worksop have been told they will be closing by September. However, a factory in Chesterfield will stay open.
GMB Union's Jerry Nelson says the workers affected by the closures are 'decimated' by the decision.
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Stoke on Trent South MP condemns Remploy decision
Stoke on Trent South MP Rob Flello has condemned the Government's decision on closing 27 Remploy factories, including three in the Midlands.
Remploy factories in Leicester, Worksop and North Staffordshire will be among the 27 which union sources say will close between August and mid-December.
Three Remploy factories in the Midlands to close
The Government has confirmed the closure of 27 factories employing disabled workers, including three in the Midlands.
Read the full storyRemploy workers to stage strikes
Workers at Remploy are to stage two 24-hour strikes.
It is after the firm, based in Leicester, announced it is planning to close 36 of its 54 sites, because of government funding cuts.
The plans put at risk the jobs of more than 1,500 disabled workers.
A spokesperson for the Department of Work and Pensions said, "We're disappointed to hear that the unions are proposing to take strike action which will do nothing to secure the future jobs of Remploy staff.
"The Government would encourage the trade unions to fully engage with Remploy during the consultation process to provide the best possible support and success for disabled staff who may leave the company."
Disabled workers to strike
Disabled workers have voted to go on strike on July 19th and 26th in protest at plans to close their factories unions said today.Members of the Unite and GMB unions in more than 50 factories across the UK have backed a campaign of industrial action.
The unions said they will give Remploy seven days notice with immediate effect for a programme of strikes and other action.
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Disabled workers to strike
Disabled workers have voted to go on strike in protest at plans to close their factories.
Members of the Unite and GMB unions in more than 50 factories across the UK have backed a campaign of industrial action.
The unions said they will give Remploy seven days notice with immediate effect for a programme of strikes and other action.
Minister for Disabled People on Remploy closures
Maria Miller MP speaks about the recent announcement to close 36 Remploy factories.
Remploy Closures
Remploy is proposing to close 36 of its 54 factories with potential compulsory redundancies of more than 1,700 disabled workers, it was announced today.
Remploy has factories in Birmingham, Coventry, Leicester and Stoke-on-Trent.
Leicester and Stoke-on-Trent will be affected by the closures.
Minister for Disabled People Maria Miller said the Remploy board was proposing to close the sites by the end of the year.
She said the £320m budget for disability employment has been protected, adding that the money will be spent more effectively.
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