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MANDATORY re-selection of Labour MPs was rejected by Usdaw delegates yesterday amid pleas for unity ahead of the general election.
The retail union’s conference voted down motions criticising the behaviour of Labour MPs undermining Jeremy Corbyn’s leadership and affirming that Usdaw officials had “backed the wrong horse” in supporting his opponents, including rival leadership candidate Owen Smith.
Branches had already been asked by the union’s standing orders committee to withdraw the motions on the grounds they were divisive in the current climate.
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