Trade unions and workplace training : issues and international perspectives / edited by Richard Cooney and Mark Stuart.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Cooney, Richard, 1954-

Stuart, Mark, 1967-

Series:

Routledge research in employment relations 26

Routledge research in employment relations ; 24

Routledge research in employment relations ; 26

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Labor unions and education.

Employees--Training of.

Employees.

Vocational education.

Physical Description:

1 online ressurs (XII, 200 s.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Trade Unions and Workplace Training examines the changing role of trade unions in the provision of vocational education, workplace training and skill development. It reflects upon: the role that unions have played in the reform of vocational education and training systems; the nature of union involvement in consultative mechanisms at a national and industry level; the nature of union involvement in skill formation at the workplace; and the development of mechanisms for the articulation of employee voice in the design, delivery and assessment of vocational training. The book provides a collection of studies of Canada, Australia, United States, United Kingdom, France, Germany and Norway by leading researchers in the field. Distinctive, accessible and original, all the chapters are written in a style that illustrates the relevance of academic debates and research data to practice and the book includes a number of the chapters written by trade union practitioners.

Contents:

pt. 1. The theory and practice of unions and training

pt. 2. Unions, training, and social institutions

pt. 3. Training and union renewal.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

0-203-11784-0

1-283-86219-0

1-136-30613-7

9780203117842

OCLC:

823387066