Remploy workers and union reps have occupied the company’s head office in Leicester, demanding that the government withdraws its threat to close the agency’s remaining factories.
The group of eight workers, including members of the joint union consortium, had requested a meeting with one of the company’s directors to discuss concerns over the closure timetable.
They say the earliest date they had been offered was in October – by which time it is feared more factories will have closed.
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