Category: Remploy
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No. 134 Solidarity action – “We need a General Strike”
Solidarity action? “Let’s call it by its proper name – we need a general strike” Boooo! That was the response from the 500-strong rally of PCS strikers to the appearance of Tory Chancellor George Osborne on the big screen outside parliament. While he lied and spun his way to making more cuts, inspiring speeches were…
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No. 130 ‘Its not a crisis, its a con!”
sort of had to blink a few times, were Unite lobbying Unison at its national HQ on 26th Feb 12.30 to save the Agenda for Change? (NHS workers’ agreements which would mean cuts to pay, terms and opting out of national agreements). Well yes and no, Unite are lobbying at Unison HQ but it’s the National Staff…
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UNISON members working for Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust have voted overwhelmingly for strike action
Unison Mid Yorkshire Health Branch Press release: UNISON members working for Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust have voted overwhelmingly for strike action in their campaign against compulsory redundancies and pay cuts. The Admin and Clerical staff voted 88 % in favour of strike action and 96% in favour of action short of strike action. UNISON…
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Remploy Glasgow – 1st day of 4 day strike!
The first of a four day strike at Remploy Springburn in Glasgow was absolutley solid. Only one staff member crossed the picket line, a HR manager who sneaked in early. Pickets did shifts all day with no less than thirty workers manning the gates. The mood was determined but angry, especially when pickets read in…
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Support the Remploy fight
Article, interviews and reports For months the Con-Dem government have stated their intention to close 36 out of 54 Remploy factories across the UK. Remploy workers had already voted overwhelmingly to take strike action on 19 and 26 July to save these plants and the related jobs. Now this has added urgency because on 10…
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Second strike day at Remploy factories
Leeds The second day of strike action at the Leeds Remploy factory saw large numbers of pickets once again. A delegation from the PCS DWP group executive came down early on to support the strike as did members of other local trade unions. The pickets’ anger showed with chants of ‘Maria Miller Factory Killer’ directed…
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Remploy Strike 1
20 July For months the Con-Dem government have stated their intention to close 36 out of 54 Remploy factories across the UK. Remploy workers had already voted overwhelmingly to take strike action on 19 and 26 July to save these plants and the related jobs. Now this has added urgency because on 10 July the government…
