Cutting disability benefits kills! That was the message from campaigners who protested at the ATOS benefits testing centre at York Place, Edinburgh on 16th December. At the same time people demonstrated at ATOS in Glasgow, London and around Britain, as part of the UK wide month of action against ATOS and the unfair sickness benefits tests. …Read moreRead more
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CUTTING DISABILITY BENEFIT KILLS – Proclaim Demonstrators at ATOS Edinburgh Benefits Testing Centre
DEMONSTRATE AGAINST SCROOGE ANTI-ATOS FRIDAY 16TH DECEMBER
RESIST THE ATTACKS ON THE SICK AND PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES SAY NO TO THE UNFAIR TESTS CUTTING SICKNESS & DISABILITY BENEFITS GATHER AT THE ATOS BENEFITS TESTING CENTRE, 44 YORK PLACE, EDINBURGH THIS COMING FRIDAY 16 DECEMBER 10AM – 12 NOON PART OF THE UK WIDE MONTH OF ACTION AGAINST ATOS “Thousands of seriously ill…Read moreRead more
Shocking surprise – ATOS profits don’t drip down to their staff!
We’re seeing more and more civil service jobs being farmed out to private companies whose staff get less training, pay, and pensions while being offered poorer working conditions than the public sector. According the Atos Origin annual report for 2009 the company raked in revenue worth €5,127 Billion. This includes ‘solid growth’ across their public sector contracts…Read moreRead more
ATOS Hit by Protests UK Wide
CUTTING DISABILITY BENEFITS KILLS – was the message being sent by protestors gathered outside the ATOS Edinburgh testing centre in York Place on 14th April, for the Day of Action Against Benefits Cuts. Like many groups round the UK we were there to show our opposition to the brutal attack on people who are sick…Read moreRead more
Does ATOS Kill?
Demonstrators converged on the Scottish HQ of ATOS Origin in Livingston near Edinburgh on 24 January. This profit-orientated company is contracted by the government to carry out benefits medical assessments on people with disabilities and illnesses. In other words, they do the government’s dirty work of axing support which is needed by some of the…Read moreRead more