Education for Action

Educational

Principles

All webinars discussions begin at 7.00pm.

The Future of Pensions

Wages, Inflation and Pay Bargaining

www.gmb.org.uk/webinar006

Date: 3 June 2019

There is no greater indication of a refusal to invest in the future than the deliberate run down of pension values. This webinar will discuss the future.

www.gmb.org.uk/webinar001

Date: 7 January 2019

Functional

Collective bargaining coverage is now around a quarter of its levels in 1980. The share of national wealth in

Skills

wages is at its lowest for generations. How can we turn this situation around?

A Typical Contracts and Union Organisation

www.gmb.org.uk/webinar007

Date: 1 July 2019

The End of Austerity

Foundation

Zero hours contracts, short term contracts, no contracts, freelance working, self-employed contracts: the break- up of permanent secure work poses new problems for union organisation. What are the trends and what can we do about them.

Skills

www.gmb.org.uk/webinar002

Date: 4 Febraury 2019

The politics of selling of public services, concentrating wealth in fewer hands and weakening trade unions and local councils has failed, but what do we have to put in its place.

Will We Be Divided?

Advanced

Skills

www.gmb.org.uk/webinar008

Date: 5 August 2019

How to End Inequality

Enoch Powell’s notorious rivers of blood speech 1968 divided workers, shortly after the Grunwick dispute united us. What are the dangers of racial disunity today and the opportunities for renewed solidarity.

www.gmb.org.uk/webinar003

Date: 4 March 2019

Some say that inequality today is more extreme than just after the Norman Conquest. Inequality kills, it leads to huge social breakdown. Yet it is entirely preventable. This webinar will look at the policies we need to end inequality in Britain.

Arts & Culture

How to Teach and Learn in Trade Unions

www.gmb.org.uk/webinar009

Date: 2 September 2019

How Free are UK Trade Unions?

All trade unionists are educators, they persuade, pass on information, seek to convince and unite for action, present arguments to employers and the public, yet education is constantly seen as something that only happens in a trade union training ‘classroom’. How can we appreciate teaching and learning more in the trade unions and how can we reshape learning to meet the new needs of today?

FURTHER DEVELOPMENT Internationalism Events How to Sign up

www.gmb.org.uk/webinar004

Date: 1 April 2019

Our unions are now amongst the most restricted in the world. This webinar will discuss the consequences of this and what to do about it and what our position looks like in the context of trade union rights throughout the world.

What Does the Trade Union Organising Agenda Really Mean Today with ¾ of Workers Unorganised?

Class and Trade Unions

www.gmb.org.uk/webinar005

Date: 7 May 2019

www.gmb.org.uk/webinar010

Date: 7 October 2019

Attempts to divide workers by race, gender, political believe and occupation have been consistent. What is the meaning and importance of the idea of being part of a working class today? How many classes are there in Britain today? How do we define class?

Organising means different things to different people in the Movement. It means different things in the context of different unions with their different workforces and cultures. But there are some common patterns and successful points we can see from international experience.

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