Amicus to host an International Skills Workshop
Thursday 4th May 2006
Amicus is hosting, in conjunction with the London
Metropolitan University, an International Skills Workshop in London
on Friday 5th May.
This workshop is being held by the Working Lives Research
Institute, London Metropolitan University, and Amicus, the UK’s
largest private sector trade union. Amicus representatives in the
UK will meet participants coming from Ireland, France, Germany and
Poland to discuss learning at work, employability, life-long
learning and trade union and employer responsibility.
Amicus Joint Deputy General Secretary, Ed Sweeney, says:
"Amicus believes that the acquisition of skills for its
members is a vital trade union issue, and this event offers the
union a real opportunity to further our knowledge and to work with
trade unions and employers from France, Germany and Poland to
strengthen UK industry."
Amicus Assistant General Secretary, Tony Burke, added:
"This is a very exciting initiative. The UK printing
industry is facing huge challenges in relation to skills and we
need to sit down with employers and trade unions from across Europe
to examine how we can work together to ensure that workers get the
skills they need to remain in secure, well paid employment and that
employers are able to compete on quality and not labour
costs.
“This workshop will enable all participants to
have a greater understanding of each others vocational training
systems which can only be of benefit to Amicus
members."
The idea behind the workshop is to learn from delegates about
the training systems within their own country and the main topics
for discussion will include collective bargaining and training,
legislative frameworks, the role of the social partners in
training, Government support for training and rights and
obligations of learners, trade unions and employers.
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For further information please contact David Tarren on
07979 241989 or Tony Burke on 07831 659 939 or Ashraf Choudhury in
the Amicus press office on 020 7420 8914.
Notes to editors:
Working Lives Research Institute with Amicus trade union
International Skills Workshop
Friday 5th May 2006, 9.30am to 4pm
London Metropolitan University
Boardroom, Calcutta House
Old Castle Street
London
E1 7NT
Speakers will include:
Ed Sweeney, Amicus Deputy General Secretary
Tony Burke, Amicus Assistant General Secretary
Nicola Konstantinou, Uni-Graphical
Daniel Tech, Social Research Institute, Dortmund,
Germany
The workshop is being held as a preparatory workshop for the
Second European Summer University of Work, which will take place in
Duisburg, in the Ruhr district of Germany from 31 August to 2
September 2006.
