Trade Unions and Workplace Training

Richard Cooney is Lecturer in Management at Monash University, Australia and an associate editor of the journal Labour & Industry. His research focuses upon teamworking, workforce development and occupational regulation. Richard is co-convenor of the International Conference on Training, Employability and Employment (CTEE). Mark Stuart is Professor of Human Resource Management and Employment Relations and Director of the Centre for Employment Relations Innovation and Change at the University of Leeds. He is the Editor-in-Chief of Work, Employment and Society and Chair of the International Section of the Labor and Employment Relations Association. His work focuses on union-led workplace skills development, employment restructuring and the modernisation of employment relations. Mark is co-convenor of the International Conference on Training, Employability and Employment (CTEE).

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 Richard Cooney 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 Vera Trappmann 7. Trade Union Involvement in Lifelong Learning in Norway Berit Kvalsvik Teige and Mark Stuart Part 3: Training and Union Renewal 8. American Unions and the Institutionalisation of Workplace Learning: Innovations for New Work Systems and Labor Movement Renewal Daniel Marschall 9. Social Dialogue or State Monologue? The Role of Unions in the UK Learning and Skills System Bert Clough. Notes on Contributors. Notes. Index