Protest at Games sponsor
'The Atos Games' are being staged in protest of the company's sponsorship of the Paralympic Games
One of the major sponsors of the Paralympic Games, Atos, has been criticised for its role in the government’s welfare cuts. Disabled People Against Cuts are highlighting their concerns by holding, between 27 and 31 August, ‘The Atos Games’ – five days of action against the company that are sponsoring the Games.
The organisers of ‘The Atos Games’ are calling on ‘disabled people, disabled activists, families, colleagues, friends and supporters to come together’ and protest, all over Britain, against the company’s involvement in welfare cuts.
Disabled People Against Cuts, who are supported by UK Uncut, state: ‘We’re not against the Paralympics or the people taking part in it. We’re highlighting the hypocrisy of Atos, a company that soon may be taking disability benefits from the people winning medals for Team GB.’
‘Ever since George Osborne announced he was slashing £18 billion from the welfare budget, the government has paid Atos £100 million a year to test 11,000 sick and disabled people every week, then decide whether they’re “fit for work.”’
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