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Super-union to go ahead despite GMB pull-out

By Andrew Taylor, Employment Correspondent

Published: June 14 2006 22:46 | Last updated: June 14 2006 22:46

Merger plans to create Britain’s biggest union will go ahead in spite of a decision to pull out by one of the potential partners, union leaders said on Wednesday night.

Delegates at the GMB annual conference in Blackpool voted overwhelmingly on Wednesday to reject plans to create a new super-union by merging with the larger T&G and Amicus unions. The combined organisations would have had a membership of more than 2m.

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