ABOUT THIS SITE

Trade Union and Training is intended to be a place where people related to trade unions and training meet. It is also a point of entry into the world of training from the point of view of the worker.

Training and knowledge as a vehicle to equal opportunities in employment and the exercise of citizen rights is central to trade unionism at the national and international level.

Cinterfor/ILO intents to support workers organizations continuously. Trade Union and Training is the means by which the Centre’s seeks to strengthen trade union protagonism in training activities; to develop a continuous and collective strategy of exchange, cooperation and accumulation of knowledge.

This site is developed in order to make workers, trade unions and trade union counselors have an efficient and quick access to:

Collective agreement texts that incorporate vocational training as a central issue.

Workers' statements during meetings at the Technical Committee of Cinterfor/ILO and other events organized by the Centre.

Publications, documents, collective agreement texts, edited by Cinterfor/ ILO, trade unions, international trade union organizations and other entities that might be of interest to those in charge of training issues within trade unions.

A billboard of trade union experiences in training issues at the national, sector, enterprise, tripartite, bipartite or autonomous level. The experiences are classified by country.

Information regarding events (seminars, conferences, etc.) that approach training and that according to their contents or participation are of interest to workers.

Trade union with youth. This section is devoted to trade union activities in relation to the young: trade union documents, vocational training programmes and trade union training programmes for young workers, links to section for the young in trade union web pages, etc.

Subscription to "Carnaval": discussion list on trade unions and training. Trade union activists, counselors and specialists exchange information, opinions and discuss how to strengthen the role of trade unions in training.

Subscription to the occupational health list. This list gathers information, documents and opinions on occupational health from the workers point of view.

Links to the main sites of trade unions, international trade unions organizations, trade union networks and ILO services.

You are welcome to participate and update this site!!!

 

 

 

 

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