Four years ago, the HSE issued a safety alert about the link between mild steel welding fume and cancer. A one-day conference has been held in Glasgow by the Breathe Safe campaign to raise awareness among the UK’s 88,000 welders and their families of potential symptoms including sore eyes, itching and unsteadiness. The General Secretary, … Breathe Safe – campaign launch

Workers at BAE Systems are set to vote on deal worth 12.75% over two years.

The Breathe Safe campaign has been launched. The campaign will raise awareness of workplace health issues related to weld fume. There are estimated to be up to 80,000 welders in the UK and every day these workers come into contact with welding fume. Follow and sign up to the campaign on Twitter and Facebook.

The CSEU is sad to announce that Alan Robson, a much respected and valued former trade union official died on the 1st December 2021 surrounded by his family. Before becoming a full-time trade union official, he worked at Swan Hunters and as a Marine engineer (3rd) on a variety of ships.    He went on to have … Alan Robson – Former CSEU General Secretary

Ministry of Defence cost cutting over the contracts to maintain the UK’s surface fleet has hit the headlines.

A shortage of skills could yet frustrate the Prime Minister’s bold ambitions to safeguard both the industry and union

The Prime Minister has pledged to use the money to create 40,000 jobs, stimulate growth and support the UK’s nations

Splitting national security contracts into smaller work packages endangers the country’s military power, warns unions

The Confederation of Shipbuilding & Engineering Unions along with the Institute Of Employment Rights and the Campaign For Trade Union Freedom are holding a webinar.

The CSEU appears in this article in the Daily Telegraph following the announcement by the Defence Secretary that ‘significant proportions’ of the FSS programme would be built in the UK.