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Peer reviewedEaton, Adrienne E. – Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 1990
Representatives of 86 local unions were surveyed regarding the level of union involvement in and control over programs in their workplaces. Results indicate that there is significant variation among local unions. (Author/JOW)
Descriptors: Collective Bargaining, Inplant Programs, Labor Education, Locus of Control
Gross, Alan L.; Feldmann, Shirley – 1990
A study investigated key aspects of New York City's Workplace Education Program of the Central Labor Council for Worker Education in 15 union workplace literacy programs. The program enrolled 3,775 students and offered 215 classes in English as a Second Language (ESL), basic education (BED), and union-specific or skills programs. Within each type,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Basic Education, Comparative Analysis, Course Organization
Download full textManitoba Dept. of Education and Training, Winnipeg. Literacy and Continuing Education Branch. – 1996
Manitoba, Canada, workplace stakeholder groups were interviewed to determine the issues they faced and their awareness of, and ability to deal with, workplace basic skills issues. Interviews collected the opinions of 78 employer representatives, 121 employees, and 5 union representatives in the 6 emerging economic sectors of health care products,…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Employee Attitudes, Employer Attitudes
Lior, Karen; Martin, D'Arcy; Morais, Anne – 1999
This project is building on site-specific qualitative data to develop a profile of adult learning activity now largely unrecognized by education providers. It explores the various learning strategies used by adults in these three locations: unionized factory, community-based training program, and literacy program. At a half-way point in a two-year…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs
Hacker, James C. – 1992
A workplace literacy demonstration project was implemented through a partnership among the Michigan Department of Education, Michigan Institute for Adult Learning and Literacy, and the United Auto Workers/General Motors (UAW/GM) Human Resource Center. Competency-based, job-related foundation skills training was provided for 400 employees, and…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Basic Skills, Competency Based Education, Computer Managed Instruction
Dowling, William D.; And Others – 1992
The Ohio State University, Inland Fisher Guide Division of General Motors, and United Auto Workers Local 969 formed a collaborative partnership in 1990 to train employees whose inadequate literacy skills made them unable to respond to the requirements of "synchronous manufacturing" (or "just in time" production). One of the…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Cooperative Programs
Cantor, Jeffrey A. – 1992
This monograph focuses on job training delivered through employer-sponsored cooperative apprenticeships with the community college. Following an introduction, chapter 2 looks at job training and cooperative apprenticeships, including recent legislative efforts to promote linkages and cooperative apprenticeships through tech prep initiatives.…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Boat Operators, Building Trades, Case Studies
