Make UK, formerly the Engineering Employers' Federation, represents manufacturers in the United Kingdom.
Purpose
Make UK provides businesses with advice, guidance and support in
employment law
Labour laws (also spelled as labor laws), labour code or employment laws are those that mediate the relationship between workers, employing entities, trade unions, and the government. Collective labour law relates to the tripartite relationship be ...
, employee relations, health, safety, climate and environment, information and research and
occupational health
Occupational safety and health (OSH) or occupational health and safety (OHS) is a multidisciplinary field concerned with the safety, health, and welfare of people at work (i.e., while performing duties required by one's occupation). OSH is re ...
. The original purpose of the EEF was to enable "collective action to protect individual firms and local associations, the preservation of the 'power to manage', and the maintenance of industrial peace through established procedure".
The Power to Manage, E. Wigham, Macmillan 1973
Through offices in London and Brussels, Make UK provides political representation on behalf of UK business in the engineering, manufacturing and technology-based sectors: lobbying government, MPs, regional development agencies, MEPs and European institutions.
History
EEF was formed in 1896 as the Engineering Employers' Federation and merged in 1918 with the National Employers' Federation.
[University of Warwick Modern Records Centre,]
Engineering Employers' Federation, (1823)-2009
, accessed on 9 February 2025.
The EEF functioned as a 'Union' of Employers and negotiated from this stance with
trade union
A trade union (British English) or labor union (American English), often simply referred to as a union, is an organization of workers whose purpose is to maintain or improve the conditions of their employment, such as attaining better wages ...
s, for instance "twice, in 1897-8 and 1922, the Federation organised nationwide
lock-out
A lockout is a strike action, work stoppage or denial of employment initiated by the management of a company during a labor dispute. In contrast to a strike action, strike, in which employees refuse to work, a lockout is initiated by employers or ...
s. Procedural agreements for the avoidance of disputes were made with the unions at the conclusion of each of these lock-outs. These agreements provided for local and national joint conferences on disputed matters".
In November 2003 the EEF rebranded itself from the 'Engineering Employers' Federation' to 'EEF The Manufacturers' Organisation'.
In February 2019 EEF rebranded to Make UK.
[Rapid Plastics Media Ltd.,]
EEF rebrands as Make UK to reflect manufacturing sector changes
, published on 19 February 2019, accessed on 9 February 2025.
The EEF archive is curated by
Warwick University's Modern Records Centre. The archive collection also includes records from the Federated Admiralty Contractors (covering the period 1911–1965), the Bridgebuilding and Constructional Engineering Employers' Association (1921–1927), the Gas Meter Making Employers' Federation (1908–1921) and the Grimsby Engineering Employers' Association (1919–1925).
References
External links
Make UK websiteCatalogue of the EEF 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 collect ...
Catalogue of the Engineering Employers' East Midlands Association archives
held at the Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick
Catalogue of the West Midlands Engineering Employers' Association archives
held at the Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick
Catalogue of the Coventry and District Engineering Employers' Association archives
held at the Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick
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