In recent years, the development of a new role for trade unions in promoting learning at work has had a significant impact on increasing motivation and enthusiasm for learning among employers and employees.
Trade unions have always seen learning and skills as being essential for their members and campaigned for the right of working people to develop themselves and to have access to education to help them with their careers and their lives generally. The trade union role in learning is continuing to grow. NIPSA is taking on a more active role within the movement and our union learning representatives are playing a key part in this. The ULR handbook is a useful resource for ULRs to help them give the fullest information and support to members. Click on the link below to download a copy of the Union Learning Reps Handbook.
With a Union Learning Rep, employees have familiar face, someone who they know and who may have helped them in the past. A person who is completely independent, whose advice they can trust, who is properly trained and informed, capable of representing their learning needs and interests with their employer.
The opportunity to get advice in the familiar surroundings of the workplace.
All organisations benefit from having a skilled, trained and efficient workforce. Union Learning provides an opportunity to enable employees to update and acquire the new skills necessary in the world of work and beyond.
NIPSA/NICS Union Learning Agreement
Whilst we are in these strange and difficult times dealing with COVID-19, NIPSA would like to keep you occupied and focused on keeping your skills up, and be ready for when we can get back to work. It will also keep your minds active and help with maintain your mental health in these unusual and challenging times.