Local Forum: Edinburgh
From: September 14th 2006 until September 14th 2006Thinking Nationally, Acting Locally.
The position of the learner rep is by definition based within the locality of the workplace, while most union learners want learning to be organised at local level either in the workplace or in their local community. In response to this, the STUC, in conjunction with our affiliate unions, are looking to build a network of local forums designed to support the lifelong learning work of the union movement.
The purpose is to give Union Learning Representative (ULR) and others who are interested in the union learning agenda a forum where they can meet and discuss the issues they face in the workplace. We hope this will lead to the sharing of good practice and ultimately to cross-union work in the local area.
Making the Connection
The ULR is very much part of union family and we hope to use the forums as a way to connect learning with wider issues trade unions are involved in. We will look to work with trades councils, local providers sympathetic to the union cause and external organisations who share our agenda. In this way we can make the link with issues such as union organising, campaigns, school visits, everyday skills provision and many other important initiatives.
Edinburgh Local Forum
The next Edinburgh Local Forum will be held at the Edinburgh Trade Union Centre on Albany Street from 10:30 am - 1:00 pm.
For further information on Local Forums, contact:
John Slaven
Development Officer
STUC Skills & Lifelong Learning Team
333 Woodlands Road
Glasgow, G3 6NG
Tel: 0141 337 8117
Fax: 0141 337 8101
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