Remploy workers strike

Workers at Remploy are due to stage a second day of strike action in an attempt to save the jobs of more than 2,500 disabled people around the country.

Earlier this year the Government announced plans to close or sell off 54 factories across the UK, including sites at Ashington in Northumberland, Newcastle, and Spennymoor in County Durham.

Today, Remploy workers who are members of the Unite and GMB unions are holding a second 24-hour strike, after similar action was taken on July 19.

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• Remploy
• Newcastle

Workers at Remploy have staged the first of two walkouts over the Government's plans to sell or close the fifty- four factories that provide employment and jobs for disabled people, including four sites in the north east.

Workers in the region joined others across the country for a day of mass protests.

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• Remploy
• Unemployment

Remploy workers in the region are striking in protest over the closure of 27 factories including those in Ashington, Newcastle and Spennymoor.

The company provides work for people with disabilities.

A Remploy spokesman said they are concerned that industrial action could deter possible buyers and current contracts at other sites.

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• Ashington
• Spennymoor