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ERIC Number: EJ646649
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2001
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What Do Trade Unions Want from Lifelong Learning?
Payne, John
Research in Post-Compulsory Education, v6 n3 p355-73 2001
Analysis of British government, employer, and union policies on lifelong learning reveals different emphases. A case study of a union-sponsored workplace basic skills program illustrates the competing agendas of competitiveness, equality, and union organizing. The role of further research to influence policy and practice was emphasized. (Contains 34 references.) (SK)
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Foreign Countries, Labor Education, Labor Relations, Lifelong Learning, Public Policy, Unions
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom
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