textiles workers, greater london staff association, apex, tailor and garment workers, they were all wooed by other unions but they all had the good sense to merge into the g m b. in the next few months we'll be joined by members of e f t a t. i am delighted that the special e f t a t conference voted in favour of the g m b. i welcome that decision and i pay tribute to the many colleagues who worked so hard to achieve that victory.