Equality and diversity
Equality and diversity
There is a huge gap between the educational haves and have-nots and TUC and union work seeks to bridge the gap and provide opportunities for those who have had least before, especially those with basic skills difficulties.
Some groups of workers have extra difficulty accessing learning through work - part time, shift workers, home workers and freelance workers for example. Others have jobs without a base or obvious focus for learning activity - construction workers, drivers, for example. Unions are looking at these groups and how to assist them.
As women workers overall are still poorly paid compared with men access to training - whether at basic or higher levels - can open doors for them. Similarly black and Asian workers are less likely to benefit from opportunities and gain promotion. Workers with disabilities are already disadvantaged in the workforce and difficulties associated with access to learning can make things worse. There are many workers for whom English is a second language.
12 May 2009
Cumbria unions step up for Union Friday
On the 15th May (Union Friday) the local trade unions in Cumbria are organising a rally in Carlisle to encourage trade union members to use their vote in the Euro and local elections. The TUC are helping to host a rally between 12.30 and 13.30pm on Union Friday around the bandstand in Carlisle's city centre.
Northern
24 April 2009
Nearly a third of Black and Asian workers offered no training
As the annual Black Workers' Conference opens in Scarborough today (Friday 24th), the TUC is calling for more training opportunities for Black and Asian workers.
26 March 2009
Black and Asian learners reap big benefits from union learning, reveals Ofsted
Black and Asian learners are reaping big rewards from trade union-led learning at rates which are well above the national average, reveals a new report from Ofsted (the Government's education standards watchdog). In the report on U-Net, part of unionlearn, the TUC's learning and skills organization, Ofsted found that success rates for Black learners have risen from 54% in 2007/08 to 81.8% and for Asian learners from 70.2% to 82.1% a significant improvement on the national average. The report also found that there is a ‘strong ethos to widen participation and promote social inclusion' and that ‘equality of opportunity is good'.
10 March 2009
Women Leading in Learning – New case studies booklet
For International Women's Day and TUC Women's Conference, unionlearn has produced a case studies booklet to provide an insight into what women are doing and achieving in workplaces all over the country.
25 February 2009
A young workers guide to their rights and trade union membership
Essential information you'll need when first starting out at work. The minimum wage, Protection against working long hours, Rest periods, Time off, Learning at work, Apprenticeships
Northern
4 February 2009
Black and Ethnic Minority Workers into Management Workshops in East Midlands
At the TUC Black Worker Conference of 2008, it was noted that whilst the employment rate for black and ethnic minority workers
Midlands
19 December 2008
Union Approaches to Migrant Workers in the Midlands
A new report commissioned by unionlearn in the Midlands has been published. The report reviews the approaches which a range of unions operating in the Midlands Region have taken towards the organisation and support of migrant workers.
Midlands
3 July 2008
LGBT equality education only way to stop homophobic bullying, says TUC
TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber will today (Thursday) call on the Government to include lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans (LGBT) equality education in the school curriculum, as the only way to address homophobic bullying in schools.
27 November 2007
Use learning to fight racism in the workplace, says TUC
Today (Tuesday 27th November), unionlearn with the Southern and Eastern Region TUC is launching an anti-racism booklet, aimed at trade union reps and activists throughout the region. Launched by Brendan Barber, TUC General Secretary and Billy Hayes, CWU General Secretary and Chair of the unionlearn Board, this informative booklet will be a valuable resource in the workplace.
Southern and Eastern
11 November 2007
Cultural Diversity Event
Employers and Trades Unions are invited to an event being held at the Mechanics Institute in Manchester on the 30th of November. The event we will be trialing the TUC Cultural Awareness Toolkit which can be used in a variety of settings to stimulate learning and discussion. There will also be a performance by GW Theatre Group of their play ‘From One Extreme to Another',
North West
