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Trade Union Merger Strategies Step 1 is a readableAs Trade Union membership has declined, union mergers have been prominent features in strategies of revitalization. Yet, there is very little systematic and empirical research into the effects of union mergers on the unions actually merging or of their impact on the wider union movement. This ground breaking study fills this gap with its in depth analysis of British unions' mergers since 1978: the point at which British unions moved from growth into