Sat, 01/10/2011 - 12:12

ATOS healthcare are the private IT company tasked with kicking sick and disabled claimants off benefits by classifying them as fit to work using an automated program. The Brighton Benefits Campaign and Disabled People Against Cuts organised the local contribution to the national day of action against ATOS, which saw around 25 people assemble in Brighton, street theatre depicting the computerised 'fit for work' assessment and a short march to the nearby ATOS building.

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This article was published on 1 October 2011 by the SolFed group in Brighton. Other recent articles:
Black Lives Matter: Solidarity statement (posted 11. June)
Care Worker Organising in a Pandemic (posted 10. April)
Corona Virus, Sick Pay & Benefits (posted 22. March)
G4Lets rent strike: tenants successfully regain their deposits (posted 1. October)
Brighton SolFed Housing Union: New ways of working together and fighting back (posted 28. July)

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