Next month sees the launch of the UK’s largest trade union formed by the merger of Amicus and the Transport and General Workers’ Union (T&G).
According to newspaper reports, the union will be called Unite. However, its official name and logo will be revealed at a press conference in the City on 1 May.
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It will have close to two million members covering manufacturing, finance, transport, food and agriculture, and printing, with a strong presence in the public sector, voluntary sector and the services sector.
A transition phase will enable the joint executive council, drawn equally from T&G and Amicus executives, to write up a final rule book for the new union, which is expected to come into force in November 2008.
