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Remploy Dispute
Ever since Remploy was established in 1946 the
company has been run for the so called benefit of disabled people
but has been managed by non disabled people.
The disabled people have been kept to a
certain level within the company and have not been allowed to fully
contribute to the success of Remploy. This is the main reason
why over the last 10 years Remploy has continued to fail.
On Behalf of the Consortium of Trade Unions and
thousands of Remploy disabled workers
Urgent
Circular to all GMB, Unite and Community Members on Quangos and
potential risk of closure of remaining Remploy factories
REMPLOY – A NEW APPROACH FOR THE EMPLOYMENT OF DISABLED
PEOPLE
Remploy Survey- March 2009
Report from the TUC Disability Conference- 20th &
21st May 2009
Minutes from the Meeting with Remploy Senior Managers-
13th May 2009
National Convenor's Report- April 2009
"The Equality Bill: how disability equality fits within a single
Equality Act"- Work and Pensions Committee Press Notice
(29th April 2009)
GMB Congress 2008 CEC Statement on Remploy
Luxury cars for bosses who sacked thousands - Daily Mail
article by Daniel Martin
To view CCU Birkenhead business plan:
click here for the business plan;
click here for Appendix 1 and
click here for the Notes to Appendix 1.
Remploy CCU Birkenhead: A scab driver is this morning attempting
to cross the picket line at Remploy CCU Birkenhead. The company
name is: Malcolm’s of Brookfield; web address: http://www.malcolmgroup.co.uk/;
vehicle registration: SF 57 CKV. (7 Feb 08)
JOINT NOTICE TO MEMBERS 30 JAN 08
Remploy Birkenhead and Aintree overwhelmingly vote for
industrial action in redundancy dispute. Click
here to view press release.
JOINT NOTICE TO MEMBERS 28 JAN 08
JOINT TRADE UNION NOTICE TO MEMBERS 15 JAN 08
Click here to view letter to GMB members regarding movement of
machinery and work from Remploy factory sites to other Remploy
factory sites 10 JAN 08
LETTER FROM BRIAN SIMPSON MEP TO BOB WARNER 8 JAN 08
JOINT TRADE UNION NOTICE 7 JAN 08
JOINT TRADE UNION NOTICE TO MEMBERS 3 JAN 08
REMPLOY MERSEYSIDE - NOTICE OF MEMBERS MEETING
CONSORTIUM NOTICE TO MEMBERS 4 DEC 07
MESSAGE FROM BRIAN SIMPSON MEP TO P HAIN
MINUTES OF MEETING WITH FCO 23 NOV 07
MINUTES OF MEETING WITH HOME OFFICE 13 NOV 07
REMPLOY LOBBY OF PARLIAMENT GUIDANCE NOTES FOR 27 NOV 07
Remploy Update No 2: 23 Nov 07
Click here to download Remploy Business Plan which should be
read in conjunction with the
Remploy Executive Summary
Click here to download results of the pay ballot
Remploy Update No 1: 31 Oct 07
Click here for Consortium notice to members re pay negotiations
- 24 Oct 07
Comments from a GMB Member
Click here to view letter from Jeff Burns, GMB Regional
Organiser to the Rt Hon Peter Hain MP - 22 Oct 07
Click here for Consortium notice to members - 16 Oct 07
REMPLOY DEBATE AT LABOUR PARTY CONFERENCE 2007
Peter
Hain MP's speech at Labour Party Conference 2007.
Click here for Consortium notice to members - 28 Sept 07
Click here for Consortium notice to memberes - 26 Sept 07
Remploy Crusade
The Remploy Crusade has travel throughout Scotland, England and
Wales, gathering public and political support from towns along the
way from its launch in Aberdeen on Tuesday 28th August to its
arrival, during the Labour Party conference, in Bournemouth on
Monday 24th September where a major rally was held.
Click here for full timetable of events.
Click here to view Crusade Notice,
click here to download a Remploy Crusade postcard that can be
sent to Rt Hon Peter Hain MP and
click here to download a Crusade Poster.
CRUSADE REPORTS:
Aberdeen to Barrow
Northwest Leg
Leicester to Sheffield
Sheffield to Bradford
Pontefract & York
Images show Phil Davies GMB, National Secrtary and Peter Hain MP
at TUC Congress 2007.
Remploy Workers Demonstrate Outside Charities Shops In
Bournemouth At Labour Party Conference.
Remploy workers, at Labour Party Conference in Bournemouth,
demonstrated outside two charity shops in Bouremouth, that have
intervened in dispute over the sacking of disabled worker in 43
supported workshops across the country. The charities are referred
to in motions at the conference as supporting the view that
disabled worker must be sacked to create jobs for disabled workers
completely ignoring the role of public procurement in finding
satisfying and productive jobs for disabled workers.
Click
here to view full press release.
GMB CONTEMPORARY ISSUE MOTION LABOUR PARTY CONFERENCE 2007
REMPLOY
Click here to view full text of motion and
here for Remploy disabled workers' events at Labour Party
Conference in Bournemouth.
TUC Congress Backs Disabled Remploy Workers Fight To Get Government
To Provide Work To Keep 43 Threatened Factories Open
Click
here to view Consortium letter to members regarding the
industrial action ballot.
Click
here to view article regarding Remploy found on an internet
blog.
Remploy Disabled Workers' National Mobile Demonstration Aberdeen
To Labour Party Conference In Bournemouth
Click here to view full press release/call notice for
Scotland.
Click here to view full press release/call notice for the North
East.
Click here to view full press release/call notice for the
Yorkshire.
Click here to view full press release/call notice for the East
Midlands.
Click here to view full press release/call notice for the West
Midlands.
Click here to view full press release/call notice for the South
West.
Click here to view full press release/call notice for the South
Coast.
Click here to view full press release/call notice for
Surrey/Kent.
Click here to view full press release/call notice for
London.
Click here to view full press release/call notice for
Essex/Cambridgeshire.
Remploy Campaign Crusade Film - Part 1& 2
Click
here to view part 1 and here for part
2.
Remploy Demo Rocks Poole
Click here to view Unite press release and images
Click here to view presentation of Remploy 3 Phase 3,
accompanying
Summary of Notes
and
Trade Union Plan 2008-2013
Click to view letters from
JOHN SWINNEY MSP and
RT HON JACK MCCONNELL MSP
REMPLOY ACTIVITY SHEET AUG 07
PENSION SCHEME DEFICIT: Click to view
Pension Bulletin July 07 and letters to
Bob Warner and
Rt Hon Peter Hain
Remploy campaign visits Hillington - Unite Press Release
Click here to view full story.
Click here to
sign No 10 Petition
Click here to complete STATEMENT OF SUPPORT
Say NO to Remploy factory closures by filling in the Statement
of Support and sending it to Phil Davies at GMB National Office,
22-24 Worple Road, Wimbledon SW19 4DD or by email to phil.davies@gmb.org.uk
Union applauds Bournemouth Borough Council's stance over
disabled workers
Click here
Click here to view the Decisions of the Social Care Improvement
Committee held on Wednesday 18 July 2007 - City of Bradford
Metropolitan District Council
Click here to view a report of the EUSE Conference (European
Union Supported Employment) by Remploy Convenor
Click here for Summary of Backbench Inquiry. A full copy of the
report can be obtained from Phil Davies at phil.davies@gmb.org.uk
CONSULTATION MINUTES
31 JULY 07
25 JULY 07 and
Consortium Statement
19 JULY 07
3 JULY 07
27 JUNE 07
20 JUNE 07
Joint statement on
Remploy Managers' meetings and bonus
Click
here to view report on union delegation to Brussels - 13 JUNE
07
REMPLOY NEWSLETTER (FAQs on why the Remploy Consortium of Trade
Unions is opposed to the proposed closure of Remploy factories) -
JUNE 07
LETTER TO MPS - 12 JUNE 07
LETTER TO REMPLOY HR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR RE PENNA - 12 JUNE
07
Click here to view Consortium's response to company: FREEDOM OF
SPEECH
Click here to view the Unite (T&G) Statement of Support
against Remploy factory closures which was passed unanimously by
the General Executive Council when they met during the first week
of June.
Fury grows over Remploy closures.
Click here to view article that appeared in the St Helens
Star.
REMPLOY CONVENOR'S UPDATE - 29 MAY 07
Click here to view the General Council Statement made at the
Wales TUC held in Llandudno on 23 May 2007. The statement was
endorsed by the Conference.
JOINT BRIEFING TO MPS - 23 MAY 07
During a joint meeting between the company and the Remploy
Consortium of Trade Unions, the company announced a total of 43
factory closures and mergers. The Remploy Consortium issued a
Joint Statement.
ESTABLISHMENT OF LOCAL ACTION GROUPS - 17 MAY 07
SUMMARY OF GRANT THORNTON TO REMPLOY BOARD - 19 APRIL 07
Click here for Public Procurement Presentation made to DWP
Senior Officials on 8 March 2007
Click here for presentation to Remploy Board - FEB 2007