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declared on the membership reports and the number of eligible voters in the
CEC elections the General Secretary stated that the majority of the
discrepancy was due to members having no address on the membership
system so they were not sent a ballot paper. Allan Wylie, Finance Director
would respond to the question in more detail.
14. REMPLOY
Phil Davies, National Secretary attacked the heartless Coalition Government
for announcing the closure of 36 Remploy Factories by the end of 2012, with
the remainder to be closed by the end of 2013. This was despite the cost of
operating the factories falling over the last 12 months and sales and orders
increasing over the same period. A campaign of civil disobedience would be
launched to fight to keep the Remploy Factories open. Along with the General
Secretary he is due to meet with the Minister responsible for this decision on
14 March 2012. The General Secretary commented on the poor management
of Remploy, too high overheads, and a lack of procurement work from
Government which has led to the factories failing.
15. MEMBERSHIP
The General Secretary reported that membership had grown 1.1.% year on
year, resulting in 6,745 more members.
MARY TURNER
PRESIDENT
PAUL KENNY
GENERAL SECRETARY
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