PROTEST MARCH AND RALLY

YORK CITY CENTRE

29TH NOVEMBER 2008

SAVE REMPLOY YORK - SAVE OUR JOB CENTRES - SAVE OUR POST OFFICES

11:30am                Assemble at Museum Gardens
12:30pm                Move off
2:00pm                  Rally at Royal York Hotel

The closure of Remploy York on the 6th March 2008 will mean a lack of opportunity for disabled people in the York and surrounding areas to find sustainable work.

The closure of Job Centre’s in and around York will make it more difficult to find work.  The privatisation of Jobcentre Plus will take away a caring and dedicated workforce which will be replaced with a private sector profit before people culture.

The closure of local Post Offices will mean that disabled people, the old and the vulnerable will have to travel long distances to use basic facilities.

These are important issues not only for the people of York but also for the whole of the UK. The GMB, Unite, Community, PCS and CWU call on the Government to rethink its policies on welfare reform, the employment of disabled people and the provision of our Royal Mail Services.

Speakers:    

Paul Kenny - General Secretary GMB
Mark Serwotka – General Secretary PCS
Billy Hayes – General Secretary CWU
Phil Davies – GMB Manufacturing National Secretary
Julia Long – National Secretary Unite (T&G)
Tim Roache – Regional Secretary Yorkshire GMB
Les Woodward – National Remploy Trade Union Convenor
Hugh Bayley – MP for York (invited)
Archbishop of York (invited)

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