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Sat 05 May 2004'Independent' unions to seek all-out picketUnions at Independent Newspapers are to seek approval from the Irish Congress of Trade Unions for an all-out picket on the company.The immediate threat of a strike has dissipated, however, following an announcement by the company yesterday that it has secured 205 redundancies through a "voluntary" severance package.