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UK Trade Unions, Lifelong Learning and the UK Skills 'Crisis': Part 4 |
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Written by tom farnhill
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Sunday, 16 December 2007 |
Unions and Learning Part Four: Conclusions
It appears unfair to argue that unions ONLY developed an interest in learning AFTER learning that everybody else had lost interest in unions. But the specificity of union activity in the learning and skills field reflects wider social, economic and political phenomena. It has also been shaped by unions own Rhinish aspirations and by the legacy of 'New Unionism'. Learning and Skills efficacy as vehicles for union resurgence are capable of being overstated. Nevertheless, unions have benefitted from their involvement - up until now - and the UK's learning and skills agenda is probably better off as a result.
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