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Casanova, F.
Vocational training and labour relations

Montevideo: CINTERFOR, 2003
77 pp. (Trade Unions and Training, 4)

ISBN 92-9088-159-3

 

This publication has been prepared with the precise objective of supporting trade union training activities directed both to negotiate and participate in the management of vocational training strategies, in particular within the working places. It deals with aspects regarding the historical definition and evolution of the vocational training concept, the main training variables liable to be found in an heterogeneous entrepreneurial world, the basic features of collective bargaining with respect to training, as well as different alternatives and tools for trade union participation in the management of training plans and strategies.

 

SUMMARY

INTRODUCTION

WHAT IS VOCATIONAL TRAINING?
Searching for a definition of vocational training
The evolution of the concept of vocational training in international labour standards
A current view on vocational training
Can vocational training be useful as a tool for organising workers?

VOCATIONAL TRAINING AND LABOUR RELATIONS
Training as a labour fact
Vocational training's connection with other labour issues
Training and employment
Training and productivity
Training and competitiveness
Training and wages
Training and health at work
Training and equal opportunities
Training and labour career

VOCATIONAL TRAINING AND THE ENTERPRISE
Training as an investment and its returns
Education and vocational training as essential needs
Reasons preventing enterprises from investing in training
The role of training in the new approaches to work organisation and management
Different enterprises, different views on training
The size of enterprises and vocational training
Enterprises and vocational training in the formal and informal sector
Productive sectors and vocational training
Technological level of enterprises and views on vocational training

VOCATIONAL TRAINING AND COLLECTIVE BARGAINING
What do we understand by collective bargaining?
Vocational training as a bargaining issue
Types of clauses about vocational training in collective agreements
Bargaining strategies

TRADE UNIONS PARTICIPATION IN VOCATIONAL TRAINING MANAGEMENT AT THE ENTERPRISE
What is meant by trade unions participation in the enterprise's management?
Different degrees of participation in the enterprise's management
What is a Training Committee?
How is a Training Committee set up?
How is a Training Committee integrated?
What are the issues dealt with by a Training Committee?
The trade union delegate: proposed profile

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