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| Vigil for unemployed former Jarvis workers in Leeds | Vigil for unemployed former Jarvis workers in Leeds |
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| Former employees of rail maintenance firm Jarvis are set to hold a vigil for "justice" in Leeds city centre. | Former employees of rail maintenance firm Jarvis are set to hold a vigil for "justice" in Leeds city centre. |
| About 1,200 people were made redundant when talks between Network Rail and the administrators finished in April 2010. | About 1,200 people were made redundant when talks between Network Rail and the administrators finished in April 2010. |
| More than 350 jobs were lost in York, 300 in Doncaster and 80 in Leeds. | More than 350 jobs were lost in York, 300 in Doncaster and 80 in Leeds. |
| Bill Rawcliffe, of Justice for Jarvis Workers, said: "We'll be there because they are talking about real people, not numbers on a sheet of paper." | Bill Rawcliffe, of Justice for Jarvis Workers, said: "We'll be there because they are talking about real people, not numbers on a sheet of paper." |
| About 12 former Jarvis workers gathered outside the case management hearing held to decide what happens next in the case. | |
| Mr Rawcliffe said the campaigners would not give up the fight against losing their jobs having been made redundant with no notice. | Mr Rawcliffe said the campaigners would not give up the fight against losing their jobs having been made redundant with no notice. |
| "We went to work on 31 March [2010] and just out of the blue got told you haven't got a job," he said. | "We went to work on 31 March [2010] and just out of the blue got told you haven't got a job," he said. |
| Mr Rawcliffe said that the former workers were classed as creditors of the collapsed company and as such had recently received a letter from the administrators. | Mr Rawcliffe said that the former workers were classed as creditors of the collapsed company and as such had recently received a letter from the administrators. |
| He claimed that the workers were unlikely to receive wages and holiday pay still owing. | He claimed that the workers were unlikely to receive wages and holiday pay still owing. |
| "We want to go back to work and do our jobs," he added. | "We want to go back to work and do our jobs," he added. |
| Previously Network Rail had said that it "took a number of steps to assist Jarvis, which went well beyond the form and level of support a company could normally expect to receive from a customer". | Previously Network Rail had said that it "took a number of steps to assist Jarvis, which went well beyond the form and level of support a company could normally expect to receive from a customer". |