Archive: Remploy

Unite: Government shows a ‘callous disregard for disabled workers’ as it axes Remploy factories

Britain’s largest union, Unite accused the government of showing a ‘callous disregard’ for disabled workers as it confirmed today (Tuesday, 10 July) that it was axing 27 Remploy factories with a further nine still threatened with closure by the end of the year.

Unite: Disabled Remploy workers demonstrate in London and Sheffield in fight to save their jobs

Hundreds of disabled workers will demonstrate tomorrow (Friday, 20 April) against cuts outside the DWP (Department of Work and Pensions) offices in London and Sheffield, and also outside Parliament.

Government decision to sack disabled workers "barbaric" says Unite

Unite, Britain's biggest union, has called the UK government's decision to sack over 1,000 disabled workers at Remploy ‘Barbaric’.

Unite: Jack Dromey holds government to account on Remploy