In Birmingham, the Amalgamated Engineering and Electrical Union's chief negotiator, John Allen, said of the vote: 'It is not surprising.

In December 2001 workers at the Swindon plants voted to form a union and be represented by the Amalgamated Engineering and Electrical Union.

Ten coal-burning power stations are set to close, the Amalgamated Engineering and Electrical Union warned.

From 1981-92 he was a researcher and assistant to Jimmy Airlie of the Amalgamated Engineering and Electrical Union.

General Secretary, Amalgamated Engineering and Electrical Union.

In 1896 it was again involved in an extended lockout, and in 1920 developed into the Amalgamated Engineering and Electrical Union.

In 1919, he played a key role in founding the Electrical Union which encompassed various small companies around Paris.

But Gavin Laird, general secretary of the Amalgamated Engineering and Electrical Union, said only a miracle could prevent the plant's closure.

Davey Hall is the former president of the Amalgamated Engineering and Electrical Union in the UK, holding the post from 1995 to 1997.

In 2001 the MSF merged with the Amalgamated Engineering and Electrical Union to form Amicus.