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Remploy workers strike over factory closures
Disabled workers at Remploy sites in Wales take industrial action following a UK Government decision to close or sell-off factories.
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Remploy workers strike over factory closures
Disabled workers at Remploy sites in Wales take industrial action following a UK Government decision to close or sell-off factories.
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Unite welcomes Welsh Government’s support for Remploy workers
– Andy Richards, Unite Wales SecretaryOnce again we see the Welsh Government coming out on the side of the Welsh workers who are being hit hardest by the callous coalition government in London. The Welsh Government commitment to helping Remploy workers and the package of support announced today by Leighton Andrews AM is to be welcomed. We will keep working with the Welsh Government and fighting for Remploy workers.
New scheme to help find jobs for Remploy workers
by Catherine Peel
Skills Minister announces new scheme to find employment for Remploy workers put out of work by UK government’s decision to shut factories.
Read the full storyWelsh Government to pay firms to take on ex-Remploy workers
The Welsh Government has unveiled a £2.4m a year scheme to help Remploy workers find alternative employment. Education and Skills Minister Leighton Andrews told AMs that the UK Government's decision to close 5 Remploy factories in Wales was the wrong one.
He says an Employer's Support Grant will be made available for the next four years to help firms who take on Remploy workers with wages and other costs. 183 people work at the factories which are due to close in Aberdare, Abertillery, Merthyr Tydfil, Swansea and Wrexham.
Remploy announcement expected
The Welsh Government is due to announce today what it might be able to do to help Remploy workers who are losing their jobs.
It's after the UK Government announced that five of the nine factories in Wales will close.
The factories at Aberdare, Abertillery, Methyr Tydfill, Swansea and Wrexham, which employ disabled people and those with 'complex barriers' to work, will close between August and mid-December.
Sites at Bridgend and Croespenmaen are open for bids, while those at Neath and Porth will remain open.
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Remploy worker: Working life "taken away from us"
Jacqueline Davies says she's worked at Remploy in Bridgend for 18 years, and is now fearful her life there "has been taken away."
No reprieve for Welsh factories employing disabled staff
Five Remploy sites in Wales will close, while bids are being invited for a further two, the UK Government has confirmed.
Read the full storyUK Government: Trying to get disabled people into mainstream employment
– Maria Miller MP, Minister for Disabled PeopleIt cannot be right that the Government continues to subsidise segregated employment which can lead to the isolation of disabled people. This is difficult news. We are doing everything we can to make sure that Remploy workers affected will receive a comprehensive package of support and guidance to make the transition from Government-funded employment into mainstream jobs. _Our approach has been led by disabled people and disabled people's organisations. Many of them have welcomed the move to end the pre-war practice of segregation and I believe it should be welcomed by all sides of the House.
– Department for Work and Pensions spokesmanWe have been absolutely clear that the £320 million budget for specialist disability employment services has been protected. But by spending the money more effectively, we can support thousands more disabled people in work.
Welsh Government: Remploy decision a 'hammer blow'
– Welsh Government spokesmanThis statement is a hammer blow for Remploy workers and factories in Wales. When the UK Government made their closure announcement we asked them to devolve the Remploy budget and factories to the Welsh Government so that we could create our own sustainable future for this organisation. The Department for Work and Pensions has refused to consider this. We will continue to work with Remploy, the unions and other interested parties to see whether we can find a viable option for the workers. We will strive to find the best solution we can and to save as many jobs as possible.
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