The Constructional Engineering Union (CEU) was a

trade union A trade union (labor union in American English), often simply referred to as a union, is an organization of workers intent on "maintaining or improving the conditions of their employment", ch. I such as attaining better wages and benefits ( ...

representing steel erectors and other workers involved in steel construction in the United Kingdom.

History

The union was founded in 1924 as a section of the

Iron and Steel Trades Confederation The Iron and Steel Trades Confederation (ISTC) was a British trade union for metal-workers and allied groups, being the largest union in these fields. It was formed on 1 January 1917 as a merger of existing steel-workers' unions and it is now pa ...

(ISTC). It left the ISTC and became an independent union in 1930. In 1971, the union merged with the Amalgamated Union of Engineering and Foundry Workers to form the

Amalgamated Union of Engineering Workers The Amalgamated Engineering Union (AEU) was a major British trade union. It merged with the Electrical, Electronic, Telecommunications and Plumbing Union to form the Amalgamated Engineering and Electrical Union in 1992. History The history of t ...

, becoming the largely autonomous construction section of the new union.

Election results

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General Secretaries

:1924: George House :1939:

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:1957: Ernie Patterson :1968:

Eddie Marsden Edwin Marsden (26 April 1913''England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007'' – 30 August 1975) was a British people, British trade unionist and communist activist. Born in the Openshaw area of Manchester,Graham Stevenson,Marsd ...

References

External links

Catalogue of the CEU archives
held at the

Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick The Modern Records Centre (MRC) is the specialist archive service of the University of Warwick in Coventry, England, located adjacent to the Central Campus Library. It was established in October 1973 and holds the world's largest archive collecti ...

Trade unions established in 1924 Trade unions disestablished in 1971 Defunct trade unions of the United Kingdom Building and construction trade unions 1930 establishments in the United Kingdom Trade unions based in London