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Kopsen, Susanne – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2011
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to analyze learning in a Swedish trade union board in a workplace, according to contemporary challenges in working life and conditions, of decentralization and local independency of trade union work and learning. Design/methodology/approach: The paper is based on ethnographic studies of two Swedish local trade…
Descriptors: Workplace Learning, Ethnography, Unions, Learning Processes
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Forrester, Keith – Studies in Continuing Education, 2005
Against a background of declining union significance and falling membership, this article reviews the recent development of trade union workplace learning in Britain. It is argued that the dominant framework within which this learning is currently undertaken is one of "employability". Instead of an employability framework, it is…
Descriptors: Unions, Citizenship Education, Foreign Countries, Employment Potential