Trade unions learning representatives: progressing partnership?

Catherine Cassell and Bill Lee
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Catherine Cassell: Manchester Business School, catherine.cassell@mbs.ac.uk
Bill Lee: Management School, University of Sheffield, w.j.lee@sheffield.ac.uk

Work, Employment & Society, 2009, vol. 23, issue 2, 213-230

Abstract: The statutory rights given to trade union learning representatives (ULRs) to facilitate and organize learning in the workplace has led to the creation of a new specialized union lay official role. This article investigates how the ULR initiative is facilitating the development of learning partnerships in the workplace. Empirical data is provided from a qualitative study that draws on interviews with full-time trade union officials from a range of unions. It is argued that although the ULR initiative provides opportunities for unions to promote the ideal of learning partnerships within the workplace, rights to learning remain a contested terrain between many employers and unions.

Keywords: learning; lifelong learning; partnership; trade unions; union learning representatives (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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DOI: 10.1177/0950017009102855

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