Yet another small traditional British trade union has decided to merge with the large general GMB union that counts more than 630,000 members. Unity sees this move as its last ditch attempt to survive in a country where the number of unions in operation reached an 18 year low in 2013 and where mergers are used as the counterweight to member disaffection.
93% of Unity, a small traditional ceramics industry union, has voted in favor of merging with the third largest union in the country, the GMB. Harry Hockaday, Unity’s secretary general, promised that the merger announced on January 09 would “create a stronger more secure union for the benefit of all our members” all the while confirming that Unity management would remain intact, membership fees would remain for the most unchanged, and that the name Unity would continue. This enthusiasm is not w
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