After Labour's
previous 2008 treachery, another stab in the back for disabled people, as they are
sold down the river again, this time by the Coalition.
Remploy was a
founding element of the 1945 welfare state, originally designed to give jobs to
soldiers injured in World War Two. 83 factories were established across the UK
However Work and
Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith is closing 36 of the remaining 54
specialist factories, making 1,500 disabled people redundant
When the cretin was
confronted by workers at the House of Commons, he sneered “Is it a kindness to
stick people in some factory where they are not doing any work at all? Just making
cups of coffee?
Union chiefs fear
that continuity of employment, terms and conditions, including pension payments
will not be maintained, whilst Remploy workers are aware that more than 80 per
cent of those who took voluntary redundancy in previous cuts in 2008 and 2011
are still unable to find work
Worker Tony Collins,
said: “I love coming to work. What will happen to me? It’s difficult enough
getting a job for normal people. I don’t want to live on benefits.
Phil Davies, national
secretary of the GMB union said: “All this is giving people interested in
bidding for these factories a free hand to do what they want. There is nothing
in place to make them abide by the TUPE.”He added: “This whole process is wide
open for asset strippers, because they won’t have to pick up the cost of
redundancy payments.”
TUPE: When a business
changes from one owner to another, existing employment contracts should be
protected under the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment)
Regulations.
As usual the
Taxpayers will unbeknowingly be robbed by subsidising the sale of Remploy factories
to these thieving asset strippers
Pictures show a
presentation of a cheque (14th Dec) from Birmingham and Coventry NUJ,
for Remploy strikers hardship fund. Photos were taken in poor visibility and
pouring rain, outside the gate on the public highway, to allay Management fears
of a comeback, for allowing them to be taken inside the premises
Copyright Stalingrad
O’Neill
