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We'll resist pub closures, union vows
THE GMB insisted today that pubs are a “community amenity” and have vowed to help resist their closure.
Delegates meeting in Brighton at the union’s annual conference have agreed to use pubs “wherever possible” for union affairs.
Drinkers’ rights campaigners have estimated that an average of 14 pubs close each week.
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