Unite members seeking employment opportunities in the post-Brexit, post-Covid economy will be strongly considering moving into engineering and manufacturing, as well as health and education, new…Read more…
‘Cuts have consequences’
After initially being promised by the government last Autumn, this week the wait for the Further Education White Paper finally came to an end as the Department for Education published “Skills for…Read more…
‘Skills, confidence and opportunities’
For over twenty years the Union Learning Fund (ULF) has supported union learning reps and unions across the country build skills, learning opportunities and life chances across the country. The ULF,…Read more…
‘Timing of the decision is bizarre in the extreme’
The government’s decision to axe the Union Learning Fund (ULF) has been met with growing opposition from major employers’ organisations and skills bodies.
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Heroes and zeroes
Every Friday here on UniteLIVE, we bring you all the latest heroes and zeroes amid the coronavirus crisis. Here are this week’s latest. HEROES Union learning reps This week, Unite has joined a…Read more…
UNISON calls on government to pull back from scrapping Union Learning Fund
Union says the move to scrap the Union Learning Fund in England makes ‘no sense’
The article UNISON calls on government to pull back from scrapping Union Learning Fund first appeared on the UNISON…Read more…
‘Short-sighted and self-defeating’
Plans to axe the Union Learning Fund, which has helped thousands of people to gain new skills for the workplace, has been branded as ‘short-sighted and self-defeating’ by Unite today (October 19)….Read more…
‘The most visible, tangible benefit’
Unite has joined the TUC, other trade unions and several major employers in a new campaign to save the Union Learning Fund (ULF), which was suddenly scrapped by the government without any…Read more…