In the wake of his recent humanitarian visit to Cuba, RICHARD BURGON points to the now urgent need to defend the island’s political sovereignty and its right to self-determination
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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
Thousands of jobs are at risk across higher education, yet government funding appears only when universities can be linked to military objectives, says JO GRADY, in the run-up to the Stop the War International Conference this Saturday
The Wye, Usk, Arrow and Lugg were once treasured for their clean waters – today, pollution and corporate excess are fuelling demands for a return to public ownership, says MARK SEDDON
The new Employment Rights Act is a step forward, but restoring collective bargaining and union power remains essential to tackling insecurity, outsourcing and low pay, says PAUL WHITEHOUSE
Rising support for Farage’s party reflects Labour’s failure to defend working-class living standards or offer a credible alternative to neoliberal decline, says JOSEPH MILLS
Trade unionists are mobilising to support Cuban workers and public services, amid escalating US pressure on the socialist island. RONAN OGILVY explains
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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