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The United Corporations and Mercantile Union (UCMU) is a Sri Lankan trade union which brings together workers in the public sector.The UCMU was founded in 1968. Dr N.M. Perera became its President and Anil Moonesinghe became its General Secretary. Moonesinghe travelled the country from factory to factory building up a union of several tens of thousands of members. One of his lieutenants in this task was Vasudeva Nanayakkara who became an MP in 1970.