Disabled workers on strike
Disabled workers are staging the first of two 24-hour strikes in protest at plans to close their factories. Seven factories in the North West are earmarked for closure with the loss of hundreds of jobs.
Interview with Remploy employee Brian Davies on the picket line in Wigan
Our reporter Tim Scott talks to Brian Davies, a worker on strike at the Remploy factory in Pemberton, near Wigan. The government has announced plans to close 7 Remploy factories in the North West.
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