For Immediate Release
Today (25 February) Scottish trade unions will gather in Glasgow to explore improving literacy and numeracy in the workplace. Delegates from around Scotland will look at “Improving Everyday Skills in the Current Economic Climate” at the 2nd Annual Scottish Union Learning Everyday Skills Event.
This national event, to be held in the Teacher Building in Glasgow, will bring together around 100 delegates from Strathclyde, Fort William, Fife, Inverness, Edinburgh, Stirling and Tayside, representing 12 trade unions from all sectors. Delegates will participate in themed sessions on issues including retaining and sustaining employment through learning and financial literacy.
Sylvia O’Grady, Scottish Union Learning Manager, said:
“In the current economic climate, trade unions are rising to meet the additional challenges facing the workforce. Raising the profile of everyday skills issues, through events like this, will help enable trade unions and Union Learning Reps provide better support to the workers who need workplace learning opportunities the most.”
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Photo Opportunity
Members of the media wishing to attend the photo opportunity at the Teacher Building in Glasgow should contact Jennifer Payne on 07702 836 478.
Notes for Editors
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 Learning Fund.
The Scottish Union Learning Everyday Skills Event is held annually. It enables trade unions to explore methods of supporting those with everyday skills needs and raise the profile of everyday skills issues in the workplace.
Union Learning Reps provide literacy and numeracy support in their workplaces to many of the 644,000 trade unionists in Scotland who are affiliated to the STUC.
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