Disabled People Against the Cuts (DPAC) and other disability protesters are holding a national day of demonstrations on 2 March 2015 in various towns and cities against the Work Capability Assessment and the new provider Maximus. Maximus are the company that DWP has contracted to replace Atos who lost the Work Capability Assessment contract last year.
Members should be assured that the protesters are opposed to the government policy of Work Capability Assessments and making private profit from the delivery of public services. As the union, through conference decisions, shares these positions we support the protesters’ demands – and have made that clear to them.
Nevertheless we would like to make members aware of this planned day of action on 2 March and to be extra vigilant on the day in the event of any incidents that could occur. We recognise that the governments’ WCA policy has affected the lives thousands of disabled people across the country and can understand that emotions can run high as a result of this highly controversial policy. That is the reason why we will continue to campaign for the work to be brought back in-house and continue to raise the issue politically through our work within the PCS parliamentary group and supporting campaigns to improve the lives of disabled people.
Details of where the demonstrations can be found on the DPAC website
