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Orsatti, A.
Relations between vocational training and trade union training

Montevideo: Cinterfor/ILO. ACTRAV / AECI, 2001
62 p. (Trade unions and training, 1)

 

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Vocational training is today a focal point of labour relations systems and, in more general terms, of all that refers to the world of work. Ever more clearly and distinctly it is closely related to subjects such as employment, wages, health and security on the job, social security and labour mobility, to name only a few of the topics that are traditionally discussed when labour issues are addressed.

The increasing importance of training in the world of labour has led trade unions, in fulfilment of their duty to represent and defend the interests and aspirations of workers, to assign a new and larger space to training on their agendas, both in terms of discussion and action. It can be shown that both the quantity and the quality and relevance of trade union participation in instances of decision-making and management of training -which instances may be national, regional or local in scope, of a sectorial nature or at the level of individual enterprises or clusters of enterprises- has increased considerably during the nineties and first years of this 21st century that is only just beginning.

The series Trade unions and training, that Cinterfor/ILO is initiating hereby, is designed to present contributions, experiences and reflections focusing on the subject of vocational training that may be of specific use as reference material and inputs for union movement action in this field. One could say that it has a double objective: it can become a material for both support and reference for union modus operandi, and a means to approach and divulge the workers' vision on vocational training themes to the public interested in the matter.

In this the first publication of this series, Alvaro Orsatti examines and summarises the positioning of the Latin American trade union movement (stressing the national cases of Argentina and Brazil) and of the ILO (basically represented herein by Cinterfor/ILO contributions) regarding the relationship between vocational training and workers education. After presenting separately the views of these organizations on the articulation between both types of training, the author makes an effort to find what points they have in common, in what would be an integrated approach to the nexuses and interconnections between vocational training and workers education.

Pedro Daniel Weinberg
Director Cinterfor/ILO

 

INDEX

Presentation

Introduction

1.The ILO approach to trade union participation in vocational training

1.1 The "principle of intervention" and the "new distribution of responsibilities" in ILO international standards
1.2 A long-term cycle of trade union participation in vocational training
1.3 Ways of participating
1.4 Some open issues
1.5 Appraisal of trade union participation in vocational training
1.6 Lines of consensus with unionism
Annex: Synthesis of the consensuses of the Technical Meeting "Workers and Vocational Training in Latin America." Sao Paulo, May 2000

2. Regional trade union perspective on vocational training and its connection with workers education

2.1 General overview
2.1.1 Diagnosis
2.1.2 General strategic situation
2.1.3 Trade union participation in the field of education
2.1.4 Relations between unionism and other social sectors
2.2 Relations between vocational training and workers education

Annex: Synthesis of some Cinterfor/ILO considerations on vocational training presented by ORIT

3. Two national trade union approaches to vocational training and workers education: CUT - Brazil and CGT - Argentina

3.1 Historical perspective of the relationship between vocational training and workers education
3.2 Development of trade union educational policy
3.3 Renewal in general educational outlines
3.4 Present relationship between vocational training and workers education

4. Towards an integrated approach to ILO and unionism

4.1 ILO positioning
4.2 Trade union consensuses

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