Learning and organising
Union Learning Representatives
The network of Union Learning Representatives represents, for unions, the possibility to make learning a key part of the union offer and build active workplaces with skilled and committed reps and members.
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Organising for Learning - Building union organisation through learning [Case study pack]. This pack is for trade union reps, organisers, educationalists and anyone interested in organising and learning in the workplace. Find out more
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Unionlearn have produced a new range of organising materials to accompany the Kate and Umar film. It aims to promote trade union membership. They include: Becoming a rep leaflet, Joining a union leaflet, Joining a union poster, Learning centre organising checklist. Find out more
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Two pieces of research Union learning, Union recruitment and Organising and Organise to learn and learning to organise, was launched by unionlearn.
The new research shows how learning officers endorse the role of unionlearn in promoting the links between union learning and organisation, and in helping to make union learning a core trade union activity.
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The WinWin campaign is about demonstrating the value of getting involved in learning. As part of the WinWin campaign, if you recruit a new learner at your local centre
(those involved in the pilot) you will receive a 1GB USB memory stick. Find out more about the WinWin campaign.
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11 August 2010
A storming success….now make your vote count
Well it's been another fantastic year for the TUC 60 Second Ad Contest. With 33 fabulous entries, it's a storming success. We have adverts galvanised by robots, involving stunts in swimming pools, adverts using vintage footage or inspired by nature, adverts that are funny or emotive, or aroused by music, but all expressing their passion for trade unions.
3 August 2010
18th - 29th October - Midlands Celebration of Learning
Unionlearn in the Midlands can provide grants of £200 per workplace for events organised in the workplace to promote union learning and to provide learning opportunities, in particular the following: Maths4Us, On-line Basics, the 6 Book Challenge ...
Midlands
28 July 2010
2 weeks left to send in your winning ads - TUC 60 Second Ad Contest
There are just 2 weeks left to send in your entries to the TUC 60 second Ad contest. We have received some great entries so far, the competition is absolutely open to everyone, and there are some great prizes to be won. So, if you think that you have a great idea that encourages people to join a trade union, why not show us how.
19 July 2010
Union Project Worker 'highly commended' at Prestigious Awards
Unite Regional Learning Organiser, Mike Scrimshaw, was highly commended for his learner support at the West Midlands UFI Learndirect Awards at Edgbaston County Cricket Club on Friday.
Midlands
9 July 2010
Unlocking Learning Potential
Members of the community living in Princetown are being invited to use the new learning centre at HMP Dartmoor.
PDF version available for download
South West
15 June 2010
A minute's movie magic to sell the trade union message
You have just a minute to encourage and inform people why they should join a trade union.
The TUC's 60 Second Ad contest is back ...and there are great prizes to be won.
26 May 2010
A magnificent seven awards for union learning in the North East.
Seven union-led learning projects in the North East have achieved a national quality award thanks to the joint efforts of the Public and Commercial Services Union and TUC/unionlearn.
Northern
11 December 2009
Save our maritime skills
Maritime unions RMT and Nautilus are running a campaign calling upon the Government to provide long-awaited support for the training and employment of UK seafarers. Britain is an island nation which relies on ships and seafarers for more than 90 per cent of imports and exports, but the maintenance of maritime expertise is in danger – particularly given the recent announcement of plans for major redundancies by one of the largest employers.
27 August 2009
Unions for All
This new leaflet from the Northern TUC explains how trade unions work in the workplace and in the community.
Northern
23 March 2009
Integrating union learning and organising strategies – Research Paper 8
Research commissioned by unionlearn, suggests that unions are increasingly promoting a relationship between learning and organising at a national union level. The research which was carried out by the Working Lives Research Institute is based on a survey of national officers of selected unions and case studies based on their workplaces and branches.
