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Bringing our union learning reps and employers together15 September 2004Every workplace should have a designated learning committee, a partnership between employers and workers tasked with delivering training and lifelong learning opportunities, Usdaw President Marge Carey said yesterday. Usdaw is one of the UK’s biggest unions and has achieved considerable success in lifelong learning, assisting approximately 10,000 members to return to some form of learning, the TUC Congress in Brighton was told. But in order to move the agenda forward, we need a guaranteed mechanism that brings learning reps and employers together, so that initiatives can be devised that are relevant to the needs of business and the aspirations of staff. Union health and safety reps already have statutory rights to form a workplace committee, and now Usdaw is calling for similar rights and structures for learning reps. Speaking in support of the creation of workplace learning committees, Marge Carey said: “It is vital to encourage and support the excellent work our union learning reps carry out on behalf of their members. It also makes good business sense for the employer too – moving forward in a planned, managed way rather than ad hoc and piecemeal.” Usdaw’s achievements in lifelong learning are remarkable. Over 450 Usdaw lifelong learning reps are now in place, nearly 10,000 Usdaw members have returned to some form of learning and around 30 on-site learning centres are either in place or are in the process of being created. Notes to Editors: • Usdaw (the Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers) is the UK’s fifth biggest trade union, with over 337,000 members. Most Usdaw members work in the retail sector, but the union also has many members in transport, distribution, food manufacturing, chemicals and other trades. • More information and news releases are available at our online Newsroom. • Journalists can subscribe to receive Usdaw news releases via our online e-news service. Contact Details Media and Communications Department Ph: 0161 224 2804 Fax: 0161 248 8588 Email: communications@usdaw.org.uk Web: http://www.usdaw.org.uk/lifelong_learning  Printer Friendly Page  Email to a Friend
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