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TODAY GMB congress comes to a close. The last week has seen the GMB union family gather in Brighton for our annual congress.
As democratic movements, led by and for our members, our annual congress is an opportunity to review the year past, look forward to the year ahead and to celebrate the difference our union and our activists make to hundreds of thousands of people’s lives each and every day.
Our congress started on a sad note. Last year, we suffered a huge loss to our union when Mary Turner passed away. Mary had been the beating heart of GMB for a generation, serving as president for longer than some of our young members have been alive.
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