Usdaw members 'Check Out Learning' at the tills

Usdaw members are checking out learning at the tills as Britain's biggest retail union rolls out a unique learning drive aimed at frontline shop staff working for retailers including Tesco, Morrisons, Sainsburys and IKEA.

Usdaw has been a pioneer of Lifelong Learning in distribution sites with more than 20,000 members signing up for courses but for most retail staff Check Out Learning will be the first time courses have been offered to them in their own stores.

The Check Out Learning campaign is being rolled out in more than 80 stores nationally with a series of learning roadshows in their canteens offering retail staff from the tills to the warehouse a chance to sign up for a whole range of different courses. The campaign aims to sign up more than 1000 new learners this year.

"Check Out Learning is unique in supporting staff working for some of the biggest retailers in the UK offering courses that can change their lives and aspirations," says Usdaw General Secretary John Hannett. "Usdaw has vast experience in offering courses to people who haven't set foot in a classroom since they left school and the roadshows offer our members the chance to see what's on offer and how they can ease themselves back into learning in an informal atmosphere.

"I've visited our learning projects around the country and seen how Lifelong Learning has boosted the confidence of thousands of our members enriching their lives and often leading to new career opportunities.

"Check Out Learning is unique because it's the very first time our members will be able to access a vast range of courses that will benefit them and the companies they work for as all the evidence proves that a well educated workforce is better motivated and has less absenteeism.

"But Check Out Learning is simply about rediscovering the joy of learning, whether it be improving our members' basic literacy or numeracy skills, helping their children with their homework, finding out how to access the internet or learning sign language."

Checkout Learning

Division	Date	Company	Store Location
A	24 May 2007	Sainsbury's	Cwmbran
E	25 May 2007	Tesco	Toton
E	24 May 2007	Sainsbury's	Arnold
F	25 May 2007	Tesco	Batley
F	24 May 2007	Tesco	Bridlington
G	24 May 2007	Morrisons	Perth
G	25 May 2007	Morrisons	Stewartfield
G	7 June 2007	Morrisons	Livingston
G	20-21 June 2007	Morrisons	Inverness
G	5 July 2007	Morrisons	Aberdeen
H	24 May 2007	Tesco dot com	Purley
H	24-25 May 2007	Tesco	Aldershot
K	30-31 May 2007	Tesco	Formby
K	21-22 June 2007	Tesco	Wigan
K	13-14 June 2007	Tesco	Horwich
K	4-5 June 2007	Tesco	Chorley
K	26-27 June 2007	Tesco	Altrincham

Notes to Editors:

• Contacts for newsdesks: Usdaw's Media Officer, Paul Clarke, can be contacted on 0161 249 2469 or e-mail paul.clarke@usdaw.org.uk.
• Usdaw (the Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers) is the UK's fifth biggest trade union, with over 340,000 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.
• Subscribe/unsubscribe to Usdaw news releases via our online e-news service.

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