For Immediate Release
UNISON, Scotland's largest public sector trade union, will be tweeting, Facebooking, and YouTubing at the Belladrum Tartan Heart Festival 2010 which is taking place in Beauly this weekend, Friday 6th and Saturday 7th August.
UNISON wants to reach out to members and potential members and to build support in our communities to save our public services. It will also be telling workers about the opportunities to engage in learning through Scottish Union Learning, including funding information for courses. Scottish Union Learning is also sponsoring a comedy workshop.
UNISON will be using modern media techniques to get across the message that Scotland’s public services - health, education and care for the elderly - are now under attack. UNISON is sponsoring the mobile phone charger area, so festival-goers will be able to power up their phones and connect with the union to support local communities and save public services. Also on the weekend’s digital agenda is information on trade union learning, an alternative budget, public works, a million voices for change and much more.
Jenny Roberts, UNISON Highland Branch's Young Members Officer, and UNISON’s representative on the Scottish TUC’s Youth Committee said:
“Belladrum's going to be a great chance to meet people out of the workplace and highlight issues affecting them! I'm looking forward to meeting young workers and giving young people a voice in the 'votes at 16' debate!"
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Notes to Editors
Jenny will be available for comments and interviews on Friday and Saturday.
UNISON's Peter Hunter will be participating in the debate on "Britain's Deficit: It has to be CUTS!" in the Co-operative's Verb Garden tent and Jenny Roberts will be participating in the debate on lowering the age of the vote. In addition, Marta Chaba, a UNISON Project Worker, will also be there to reach out to migrant workers.
Scottish Union Learning supports trade unions in accessing skills and lifelong learning opportunities that contribute to collective prosperity, fairness and equality, for workers across Scotland. Scottish Union Learning works in partnership with unions to drive forward trade union-led learning in Scotland. It also administers the Scottish Union Learning Fund (SULF), the Learning Fund and the Development Fund.
Through the Learning Fund, which is supported by the European Social Fund, trade unions will offer a range of learning opportunities to over 1,500 workers in the Highlands and Islands. Courses currently being organised by trade unions include British Sign Language, IT Skills, literacy and numeracy, amongst others.
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