This follow-up study of British union members who had been granted day release to attend a workers' education course illustrates that trade union courses can develop skills and self-confidence useful in political, public, and work-related activities. (SK)

This report is a digest of a larger work, "Developments in Paid Leave of Absence," a report including case studies and analysis of the collective experience of nine European countries and the United States with paid educational leave. Section I defines paid educational leave as "leave given to an employee for educational purposes…