Trade Unions And Workplace Training

Author : Richard Cooney,Mark Stuart
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2013-05-07
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781136306136

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Trade Unions and Workplace Training by Richard Cooney,Mark Stuart Pdf

Trade Unions and Workplace Training examines the changing role of trade unions in the provision of vocational education, workplace training and skill development. It reflects upon: the role that unions have played in the reform of vocational education and training systems; the nature of union involvement in consultative mechanisms at a national and industry level; the nature of union involvement in skill formation at the workplace; and the development of mechanisms for the articulation of employee voice in the design, delivery and assessment of vocational training. The book provides a collection of studies of Canada, Australia, United States, United Kingdom, France, Germany and Norway by leading researchers in the field. Distinctive, accessible and original, all the chapters are written in a style that illustrates the relevance of academic debates and research data to practice and the book includes a number of the chapters written by trade union practitioners.

Author : Bob Barnetson
Publisher : Athabasca University Press
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2018-11-20
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781771992411

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Canada’s Labour Market Training System by Bob Barnetson Pdf

How does the current labour market training system function and whose interests does it serve? In this introductory textbook, Bob Barnetson wades into the debate between workers and employers, and governments and economists to investigate the ways in which labour power is produced and reproduced in Canadian society. After sifting through the facts and interpretations of social scientists and government policymakers, Barnetson interrogates the training system through analysis of the political and economic forces that constitute modern Canada. This book not only provides students of Canada’s division of labour with a general introduction to the main facets of labour-market training—including skills development, post-secondary and community education, and workplace training—but also encourages students to think critically about the relationship between training systems and the ideologies that support them.

Author : Moira Calveley
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2017-03-02
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781351922456

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Learning with Trade Unions by Moira Calveley Pdf

This edited collection provides an understanding of the range of learning that is enabled by trade unions, and the agendas around that learning. It comes at an important time as, in the UK, recent years have seen significant new opportunities for unions' involvement in the government's learning and skills policy. At the same time, trade unions have had to cope with declining membership and changing employment patterns, and thus have a keen interest in defining their role in contemporary employment relations and in pursuing strategies for union renewal. Therefore, in order to explore these dynamics, a strong feature of the book is its drawing together of informed, research-based contributions from the fields of training, skills and education, and of industrial relations. International and historical perspectives are included in order to better understand the contemporary issues. There are important conclusions for policy-makers, practitioners and researchers.

Author : Francis Green,Stephen Machin,David Wilkinson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Comercio
ISBN : STANFORD:36105020405713

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Trade Unions and Training Practices in British Workplaces by Francis Green,Stephen Machin,David Wilkinson Pdf

Using data from the 1991 Employers Manpower and Skills Practices Survey and the Autumn 1993 Quarterly Labour Force Survey, examines the links between training provision and workplace unionization.

Author : Francis Green,Stephen J. Machin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1376488419

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Trade Unions and Training Practices in British Workplaces by Francis Green,Stephen J. Machin Pdf

The authors use British establishment-level data from the 1991 Employers' Manpower and Skills Practices Survey (EMSPS) and individual-level data from the Autumn 1993 Quarterly Labor Force Survey (QLFS) to investigate the links between training provision and workplace unionization. Both the probability of receiving training and the amount of training received are found to have been substantially higher in unionized than in non-union workplaces. The authors view these results as showing that trade unions can play an important role in developing and boosting skill formation in Britain.

Author : John Bratton,Jean C. Helms Mills,Peter Sawchuk
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2003-12-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1442601132

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Workplace Learning by John Bratton,Jean C. Helms Mills,Peter Sawchuk Pdf

Published Under the Garamond Imprint This innovative book is concerned with the power relations, complexities, and contradictions in the paid workplace. Workplace learning is not value-free or politically neutral, and cannot be studied independently of the political economy of work. Workplace Learning is part of a growing body of work that offers an alternative to mainstream approaches to workplace learning, recognizing that power relations, politics and conflicts of interest all shape learning. The authors emphasize the lived experiences of working people, avoiding prescriptive accounts and uncritical Human Resource Development views. Comments: "Here is a map through contested and largely uncharted terrain..." - from the foreword by D'Arcy Martin

Author : Alex Alexandrou
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2013-10-18
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781317966401

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Union Learning Representatives by Alex Alexandrou Pdf

Trade unions have historically been involved in education and training in the workplace. This activity has gained greater credence and importance in the United Kingdom, New Zealand and Denmark due to the recent emergence of union learning representatives (ULRs) and Educational Ambassadors, who are a new category of trained, accredited and unpaid lay representatives based in the workplace. Their key role is to give advice and guidance to colleagues in relation to professional development, learning and training opportunities available. These representatives work in partnership with other stakeholders, namely employers and education providers to ensure that individuals can attend educational and training courses that will help them from both a personal and work perspective. There are now 22,000 ULRs in the UK alone and they are playing a significant part in pushing the present Labour administration’s drive to expand and improve lifelong learning to create a learning society that benefits individuals, organisations and ultimately the nation and its economy. They have rewritten the rules of the workplace by helping to replace distrust and adversarial relations with partnership working based on mutual respect and trust. This book was published as a special issue of the Journal of In-Service Education.

Author : Richard Cooney,Mark Stuart
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 211 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2013-05-07
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781136306129

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Trade Unions and Workplace Training by Richard Cooney,Mark Stuart Pdf

Trade Unions and Workplace Training examines the changing role of trade unions in the provision of vocational education, workplace training and skill development. It reflects upon: the role that unions have played in the reform of vocational education and training systems; the nature of union involvement in consultative mechanisms at a national and industry level; the nature of union involvement in skill formation at the workplace; and the development of mechanisms for the articulation of employee voice in the design, delivery and assessment of vocational training. The book provides a collection of studies of Canada, Australia, United States, United Kingdom, France, Germany and Norway by leading researchers in the field. Distinctive, accessible and original, all the chapters are written in a style that illustrates the relevance of academic debates and research data to practice and the book includes a number of the chapters written by trade union practitioners.

Author : John Payne,Alastair Thomson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1998-01-01
Category : Business and education
ISBN : 1862010609

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Partnerships for Learning by John Payne,Alastair Thomson Pdf

This report focuses on trade unions in Britain as negotiators for and providers of education and training, either alone or in partnership with employers and educational institutions. Section 1 introduces the report's aims. Section 2 gives an overview of union involvement in education and training. It also introduces the tensions within current union approaches to education and training that reflect uncertainties in both workplace education and training and in plans for the University for Industry (UfI) initiative. Section 3 explains the rationale behind UfI, takes an inclusive view of UfI, summarizes the contents of the UfI prospectus, and explains how information and technologies can encourage and inhibit participation in lifelong learning. Section 4 looks at recent experiences of the Trades Union Congress and individual unions in negotiating for skills development in the workplace. It suggests how these can form a springboard from which unions can inform, influence, and contribute to the development of UfI. The section considers the following: different aspects of the skills agenda; motivation, guidance, and learning; negotiating for learning in the context of changing working practices; and priorities for trade unions. Section 5 looks at unions as providers of lifelong learning opportunities. Section 6 develops proposals for specific trade union roles within the UfI concept. Appendixes contain 18 references and resources and a glossary. (YLB)

Author : Anne Raulier,David Walters
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Industrial hygiene
ISBN : CORNELL:31924087511451

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Trade Union Training in Health and Safety by Anne Raulier,David Walters Pdf

Author : Trade Union Training Australia Staff
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 38 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0646359339

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Our Workplace, Our Union by Trade Union Training Australia Staff Pdf

Author : Nancy Jackson
Publisher : James Lorimer & Company
Page : 174 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1992-01-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 0921908121

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Training For What? by Nancy Jackson Pdf

Are government-sponsored training programs a route to greater management control of the workplace, or to labour freedom? Today as at the time of the book's publication in 1992, training is prominent in public policy and political life. The authors in this collection maintain that it is central to management initiatives aimed at the restructuring of the workplace, and that governments rely on it as a substitute for coherent industrial policy. On the other hand, it can enhance workers' skills, improve working conditions and build a more a more democratic working life. Training for What? is a collection of papers examining occupational training as a tool of ongoing political struggle in the workplace. An Our Schools/Our Selves book.

Author : Jeff Hyman
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2017-06-26
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781351863971

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Training at Work by Jeff Hyman Pdf

Training in the workplace can be costly and time-consuming. Consequently it is often neglected. However, it plays an essential part in a company's success, increasing the level of performance, aiding strategic decision-making and maximizing quality and efficiency. Using detailed surveys and encompassing the literature in human resource management, this book, first published in 1992, shows why training is so valuable a tool. The author’s critical analysis covers the effects of demographic change and the growing number of women in the workforce as well as issues which reflect the changing patterns of work, such as technology, workplace flexibility, and employee relations. He deals with the increasing stress laid on managerial performance, emphasizing the need for more management training, as well as assessing the role of state-run schemes and the effect of government policies. He concludes with ways to develop successful training patterns and to launch a "skills revolution". This book should be of interest to postgraduates, academics and researchers in the fields of human resource management, industrial relations and organizational behaviour.

Author : Helen Rainbird
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 293 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Employees
ISBN : 0333616723

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Training in the Workplace by Helen Rainbird Pdf

Aimed at MBA, post-experience students and advanced undergraduates, this book provides a practical, experience-led approach whilst still maintaining a critical focus. Contributors focus on the relevance of training to the workplace and the management of change.

Author : Jason Foster,Bob Barnetson
Publisher : Athabasca University Press
Page : 271 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2016-07-31
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781771991841

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Health and Safety in Canadian Workplaces by Jason Foster,Bob Barnetson Pdf

Workplace injuries happen every day and can profoundly affect workers, their families, and the communities in which they live. This textbook is for workers and students looking for an introduction to injury prevention on the job. Foster and Barnetson bring the field into the twenty-first century by including discussions of how precarious employment, gender, and ill-health can be better handled in Canadian OHS.