Remploy workers to strike

Peter Hain

Peter Hain

Workers at 28 factories due to be closed by Remploy are being balloted for strike action.

Following a decision in November last year by the former secretary of state Peter Hain, Remploy will close 28 out of it's total network of 83 factories as part of a modernisation deal. The factory closures will result in the loss of 2,000 supported jobs for workers with disabilities. Two strike ballots have come back in favour of action, and a further six are being held with more to follow. The closures include factories in Hartlepool, York, St. Helens and South Wales.

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