Green Party deputy leader MOTHIN ALI, who will speak at the International Anti-War Conference in London on June 20, says Britain needs to rethink its priorities – and its allies
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Build it in Britain – the Confederation of Shipbuilders and Engineering Unions wants manufacturing to stay on these shores
Marcus Barnett talks to general secretary IAN WADDELL as the CSEU conference gets under way
The sun sets Thursday December 8, 2005, over the Swan Hunter shipyard on the River Tyne
From Global Counsel to Arden, SOLOMON HUGHES finds firms linked to discredited politicians are still calling the shots in Britain
KEVIN COURTNEY explains why Reform UK is no friend to workers or trade unions, but just another party of the super-rich
EMMA DENT COAD explains why she is stepping down from the council after 20 years and how the legacy of the fire still haunts the area
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Researchers PAUL HOLDEN and JESSICA MURRAY are calling for whistleblowers and documentary records to uncover how Labour Together helped build the parliamentary majority that now dominates the Labour Party
As the Confederation of Shipbuilding and Engineering Unions (CSEU) meets at its conference in Southport this week, they reflect on a tough year for British industry. Tory indecisiveness and disinterest in the protection of decent jobs has meant a clear absence in industrial strategy, which has led to the closures of shipyards, car plants and manufacturing works across the nation.
CSEU general secretary Ian Waddell
Founded on the initiative of the United Society of Boilermakers and Iron and Steel Shipbuilders, who wished to create a counterbalance to the employers’ club of the National Federation of Shipbuilders and Engineers, the federation became known as the Federation of Engineering and Shipbuilding Trades in December 1890.
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