Parliament Workbench

Petition · PE01508 · Session 4

ATOS as a sponsor of the 2014 Commonwealth Games

Closed Submitted 9 Jan 2014 Culture & Sport
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in the Official Report

What it asks

Calling on the Scottish Parliament to urge the organising Committee to drop ATOS as a sponsor for the 2014 Commonwealth Games because ATOS have taken disability and sickness benefits away from poor and vulnerable people, reducing them to penury and extreme poverty. In addition, many people have died before the ATOS Fit for Work Assessment has been completed. The practices of this company are not compatible with Scottish social democratic values and therefore we call on the Petitions Committee to put our case to the Scottish Parliament so that the Parliament can reflect the opinions of many people in Scotland that ATOS be dropped as a sponsor for the 2014 Commonwealth Games.

What the petitioner did first

We have campaigned extensively, demanding that the organising committee for the Commonwealth Games, Glasgow City Council and the Scottish Government drop ATOS as a sponsor for the 2014 Commonwealth Games. We have engaged in various campaigning methods to bring this issue to their attention, to no avail. Therefore, we have drawn up this petition for the Petitions Committee of the Scottish Parliament.

Where it was considered

Official Report
  1. 18 Mar 2014
    Public Petitions Committee
    New Petitions
    1 mention
  2. 20 May 2014
    Public Petitions Committee
    Current Petitions
    2 mentions

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