Trade Unions and Workplace Training Issues and International Perspectives [Hardcover]

Trade Unions and Workplace Trainingexamines 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.

1.Introduction: Trade Unions and Vocational Education and Training in Theory and Practice  Richard Cooney and Mark Stuart  Part 1: The Theory and Practice of Unions and Training  2. Conceptualising Employee Voice on Workplace Training Provision and Employability in Britain: An Emergent Process Helen Rainbird  3. The Dimensions of Union Interest in Training: Trade Unions and Workplace Training in Australia RichardCooney  Part 2: Unions, Training and Social Institutions  4. Moving Beyond the Rhetoric? Unions and Training in Canada: Challenges and Policy Perspectives Jean Charest  5. Trade Unions and Workplace Training in France: Social Partners and VET Francoise Le Deist and Jonathan Winterton  6. The Shifting Role of Trade Unions in the German VET System lC0