For Immediate Release
Planning for Scotland’s Economic Recovery
Through Union Learning
In response to the economic challenges currently facing Scotland, trade unions will meet in Dundee on Thursday (19 November) to explore solutions through workplace learning. Over 200 Union Learning Representatives from workplaces across Scotland will gather for the Annual Scottish Union Learning Conference.
Delegates will consider the theme “Union Learning: Contributing to Scotland’s Economic Future” during the one day event.
Sylvia O’Grady, Scottish Union Learning Manager, said, “Our experience shows that it is those who lack skills and qualifications who predominantly lose their jobs in an economic downturn and are then unable to find new employment. Through Union Learning Reps, trade unions are uniquely positioned to help address gaps in skills provision and develop the full potential of individual workers.”
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Photo Call
Members of the media wishing to attend the photo opportunity at the Apex City Hotel in Dundee should contact Jennifer Payne on 07702 836 478.
Timings:
10:15 am - Keith Brown MSP, Minister for Schools and Skills
10:55 am - John Park MSP, Co-Convenor of the Cross Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Skill
11:10 am - Grahame Smith, STUC General Secretary
Notes for Editors
The 2nd Annual Scottish Union Learning Conference will take place in the Apex City Hotel in Dundee on 19th November 2009 from 10:30 am - 4:00 pm.
The Conference is sponsored by Skills Development Scotland and the Scottish Qualification Authority.
Scottish Union Learning was launched in May 2008. The Scottish Government allocated just under £4.25m to Scottish Union Learning and union-led learning initiatives until March 2011. Scottish Union Learning works in partnership with unions to drive forward trade union led learning in Scotland and administers the Scottish Union Learning Fund (SULF) and the ESF Scottish Fund for Union Learning.
Union Learning Representatives provide learning support in their workplaces to many of the 644,000 trade unionists in Scotland who are affiliated to the Scottish Trades Union Congress (STUC).
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