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.
16 February 2010
Supporting Women Union Reps (Midlands region)
Unionlearn is offering a FREE one day workshop for any WOMAN UNION REPRESENTATIVE who wants to understand more about confidence building for themselves and their members. The workshop will include a self assessment exercise so that you as a woman rep can identify areas that can influence confidence and build a strategy for your own development and your members.
Midlands
15 December 2009
TAEN urges unions to lobby for older workers
Dr Chris Ball, Chief Executive of TAEN – The Age and Employment Network, has today (14 December 2009) called on trade unions to ensure that they incorporate demographic changes in to their agendas and address the challenges presented by an ageing workforce.
3 December 2009
Sign up for GetSET Women Coaching!
The UK Resource Centre for Women in Science, Engineering and Technology (UKRC) is delighted to launch its pilot GetSET Women coaching scheme. The scheme is presently available to women working in science, engineering, technology or the built environment based in Scotland or the south east of England.
Up to six hours of subsidised coaching is available with a professionally qualified business coach, so you pay just £30 per hour – a real bargain.
Southern and Eastern
26 October 2009
Marie scoops Trade Union's Equality for All Award
Marie Pearson, HMRC Learning Co-ordinator with The Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS) has won this year's Trade Union Equality for All Award at the North East Equality Awards held on Friday 23rd October 2009 at The Gateshead Hilton Hotel.
Northern
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'.
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
