The picket line outside Remploy in Hermitage Road, South Tottenham. Picture: Tony Gay
Disabled workers strike over closure of Harringay factory
by Tim Lamden
Saturday, July 28, 2012
11:00 AM
Disabled workers in Harringay joined a 24-hour nationwide strike last week to protest against government plans to close a string of factories and throw thousands out of work.
Workers from the Remploy factory in Hermitage Road brandished protest banners outside the premises during industrial action last Thursday.
Strikes took place at all 54 Remploy factories in the UK after employees voted for industrial action in ballots carried out by the GMB and Unite unions.
Strike action was called following the government’s decision earlier this month to close 27 Remploy factories, including the Harringay site, by the end of the year, leading to the loss of 1,700 jobs in total.
Phil Davies, GMB national secretary, said: “Work and pensions secretary Iain Duncan Smith is systematically destroying lives by his hard-hearted actions. We will continue our campaign by all means at our disposal.”
Under the plans, a further nine factories face an uncertain future and the remaining 18 sites across the country are due to close or be sold off next year.
Another 24-hour strike by Remploy workers in protest at the closures is due today.
Remploy was set up in 1945 to employ wounded soldiers. The business still provides jobs for disabled workers today.
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