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| Union chief in election warning | Union chief in election warning |
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| The joint leader of a new super-union says if Gordon Brown becomes the next prime minister, he must change policies or face defeat at the next election. | The joint leader of a new super-union says if Gordon Brown becomes the next prime minister, he must change policies or face defeat at the next election. |
| Tony Woodley was speaking to the BBC weeks before the formal merger of his union the Transport and General Workers' Union with Amicus. | Tony Woodley was speaking to the BBC weeks before the formal merger of his union the Transport and General Workers' Union with Amicus. |
| The general secretary said he is worried the chancellor will become a "Blair mark two". | |
| This, he said, could result in defeat at the polls. | This, he said, could result in defeat at the polls. |
| Unions are angry that the government recently opposed better employment protection laws for temporary and agency workers and the fact that Mr Brown backed below-inflation public sector pay settlements. | Unions are angry that the government recently opposed better employment protection laws for temporary and agency workers and the fact that Mr Brown backed below-inflation public sector pay settlements. |
| Negotiations are already taking place on those issues with government departments. | Negotiations are already taking place on those issues with government departments. |
| Mr Woodley told the BBC he also condemned what he called the casualisation of Britain's workforce not seen since the dockers. | Mr Woodley told the BBC he also condemned what he called the casualisation of Britain's workforce not seen since the dockers. |
| The new super-union will create the UK's biggest union of some 2 million people. | The new super-union will create the UK's biggest union of some 2 million people. |
| Amicus has 1.2 million members and the T&G has 800,000. | Amicus has 1.2 million members and the T&G has 800,000. |
| The new union plans to spend £15m on a major recruitment drive. | The new union plans to spend £15m on a major recruitment drive. |