Save our Remploy Factories - Sign the petition now!

Once again all 54 Remploy factories are under threat of closure when current public funding ends in April 2013. Closing Remploy is the aim of conflicted axe grinders who want the funding for themselves. Another threat is that the factories are rendered less economic being only 50% loaded because public bodies have failed to support them with work as allowed under EU rules.

It would cost Treasury less to keep the factories operating fully loaded rather than putting the workers out of work on welfare. The majority of Remploy workers who lost their jobs in 2008 are still on welfare 3 years later.

The crucial campaign objective is to get the loading up to 100% and to keep these factories open.

These factories have a successful track record going back to 1946 till the public authorities stopped loading them with work in 1990s due to then EU directive. The EU rules have been changed and the factories can be successful again when they are fully loaded. Making uniforms for the armed forces, emergency services and medical staff, and supplying schools would more than keep them busy.

Remploy workers want help to get their factories fully loaded. GMB will shortly publish the list of all public bodies that are not now supporting Remploy with work. You can help if you are involved with any of these bodies or can lobby MPs, councilors and others to get them to place work with Remploy.

Therefore I am asking you to sign the online petition urging The Right Honourable David Cameron Prime Minister to stop the closure of Remploy Factories and the privatisation of Remploy Employment Services