Author: unionlearn news releases

Marie Pearson, HMRC Learning Co-ordinator with The Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS) has won this year’s Trade Union Equality for All Award at the North East Equality Awards held on Friday 23rd October 2009 at The Gateshead Hilton Hotel.

Responding to the latest figures on apprenticeship starts, published today (Thursday) by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber said:

Responding to the latest figures on apprenticeship starts, published today (Thursday) by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber said:

Unionlearn with Yorkshire and the Humber TUC held its annual celebration of trade union achievements around learning and skills yesterday (15 October 2009) at the Royal Hotel in Hull.

This conference was aimed at celebrating achievements and looking forward. Around 150 union delegates and partners will attend the conference, which, as well as celebrating their successes, will provide them with information about the impact of the current economic downturn, new policies and initiatives/developments in learning and skills.

Merseytravel union learning representative (ULR) Tony Norbury has been awarded the regional individual National Training Award for for the positive impact his individual training journey has had on the taxi and private hire sector. Tony, from Tranmere on the Wirral, received his award from North West Tonight presenter Ranvir Singh at the Palace Hotel, Manchester on Tuesday 13th October.As as a result, he will go on to represent the North West at the National Training Awards (NTA) in London on the 10th December.

Trade unions bring the Learning Revolution festival to the North East and Cumbria

Trade union members, family and friends across the North East and Cumbria are being given the opportunity to join in The Learning Revolution Festival, a month-long celebration of everything that’s great about learning for pleasure and the benefits it brings to individuals, families, businesses and communities.

The Northern TUC is to use World Day for Decent Work (WDDW), which takes place today (Wednesday), to highlight the many skills that are currently being lost to the region’s economy.
At a conference being held today (Wednesday) at Newcastle City Library, delegates will hear about the migrant workers and refugees across the North East who are now working in low-paid, unskilled jobs, but who previously worked as highly skilled professionals before they came to the UK.

Skills and Apprenticeships Minister, Kevin Brennan MP, today re-iterated the Government’s commitment to apprenticeships at a meeting at TUC Congress in Liverpool.

Workers and management from Liverpool John Lennon Airport, attended a unionlearn reception at the TUC conference (Wednesday 16 September) in Liverpool’s Convention Centre where they told Pat McFadden MP, Business, Innovation and Skills Minister, how their trade union and management are working together to build the skills base in their workplace.

Chris Coates, 22, from Crewe, a Unite member, who works for Bentley Motors, has been chosen to represent the UK in CNC Milling at the WorldSkills competition in Calgary this September. One of 26 young people, Chris will compete at the highest level as part of Team UK.