TSSA Learning
Union Learning Reps (ULRs) are a new sort of workplace rep focused on building employees’ confidence through developing courses & learning opportunities and recruiting new members as a result. ULRs are now a vital part of the Union and workforce structure, with nearly 20,000 in the UK across all unions. The TSSA Learning Team is actively recruiting and developing TSSA ULRs whilst building the union at the same time - you could be part of that team!
ULRs give advice and provide individual support; analyse training opportunities and needs; negotiate with the employer around resources; and set up tailor made learning following discussions with TSSA members and colleagues -
helping brush up maths skills [to get the best mortgage or credit card deals]
increasing career opportunities
identifying what financial support might be around to do a part-time post graduate course
or simply setting up some training so colleagues can shine with the digital camera they were given but can’t yet fully use
In every company where we have recognition, TSSA aims to negotiate a whole range of personal and vocational development opportunities for members, and potential members. To find out more about what is happening on learning in your company or to discuss becoming a TSSA Learning Rep yourself, contact your local Industrial Rep, Branch Secretary, the Helpline or contact TSSA Learning on learning@tssa.org.uk and download a leaflet here which gives a bit more information about the role of a ULR.
ULRs
Resources for ULRs - click here to go to the ULR resource page
Lead ULRs in Companies
We currently have some contact details for "Lead" or "Co-ordinating" ULRs who are formally recognised as this by their company. To see the list, click here. We are negotiating in more companies to roll this out but in the meantime if you want to know more about ULRs in your company, contact TSSA Learning.
Events Page
To see what’s on the learning calendar - click here
News of Learning in Companies
TSSA Learning Team
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| Doreen Gutteridge |  | |
| Yue Ting Cheng |  | |
| Mel Taylor |  | |
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TSSA Reps Education and Organising Programme
Learning News
- Appointment of new TSSA Learning Organiser for Scotland (Vertex)
- Craig Edward has very recently been appointed as the new Learning Organiser in Dingwall for the Union. He will build on the previous exploratory work done by Lynn Horsford.
- Annual Union Learning Event Launches three TSSA-wide Initiatives
- Today, Tuesday 23 February 2010, sees TSSA hold the premiers for three major learning initiatives.
- Belfast learners receive just reward for commitment to learning
- On Thursday 4 February 2010, the awards ceremony took place for the first of the NI ULF TSSA Learning project courses, British Sign Language (BSL). The ceremony took place in Belfast at 10am. People in attendance included Learning Organiser and project manager Mark Wilkinson, Translink’s Director of Human Resources Mr Gordon Milligan, TSSA ULR Learning team and members of Belfast’s Deaf Community and of course the most important people the recipients themselves.
- 2010 TUC Learning Rep Award
- The TUC wants to demonstrate and acknowledge the range of work currently undertaken by lay union representatives on behalf of their members and the community. For the third year, the TUC will be making an award to the trade unionist who represents the most positive aspects of being a learning representative.
- Taking up your role as a new Union Learning Representative
- You should already have received your welcome letter from the Association as you start your role as one of our Union Learning Representatives [ULRs]. TSSA Learning would also like to tell you how pleased we are that you are joining the team.
- Invensys Rail: Become a Learning Rep
- TSSA Learning Team - Craig Edward
- My name is Craig Edward and I am the new Learning Organiser for Scotland (Vertex). I am based in Dingwall in the Highlands. I am a Customer Service Advisor and, as required, a trainer within the Learning and Development Department.
- TSSA women’s course
- We have organised a training course/seminar on Equal Pay for women.
- History Opportunity at London University
- TSSA Learning has been advised about a bursary which is available for ten of their “My East End” History course modules and asked to pass on this information. Could you please disseminate this information out into your work colleagues.
- Company news: South of England
- Details of TSSA Learning events happening in different companies in the South of England
- Reps vacancies in National Express East Coast
- TSSA currently has a number of vacancies throughout National Express East Coast for Union Learning Reps (ULRs) and we are looking to fill these positions as soon as possible.
- Reps vacancies in Northern Rail
- TSSA currently has a number of vacancies throughout the Northern Rail network for Union Learning Reps (ULRs) and we are looking to fill these positions as soon as possible.
- London Midland open Union Learning Centre at Birmingham New Street
- April the 17th sees the official opening of the London Midland Union Learning Centre at Birmingham New Street station. The centre will provide a dedicated resource for all staff working in and around the station.
- Surviving the economic downturn
- Turn on any TV channel or pick up any newspaper and you are bound to hear or see some bad news about the economic climate and the likely impact on workers in Britain. The recession is now hitting companies and individuals hard, so it’s important that we act now and educate ourselves about what we can do to work together to fight back, protect our jobs and reduce the impact of the credit crunch on us all.
- 2009 National Union Learning Seminar – “The ULR in TSSA”
- TSSA Secondment opportunity: Learning Organiser, Northern Ireland Translink
- Due to the current post holder going on maternity leave, the opportunity is available for a TSSA member employed by Translink to be seconded to the position of TSSA Learning Organiser in Translink. The secondment will be from April 2009 until at least 31st March 2010, and possibly until 31 March 2011, dependent on funding.
- Union Learning Reps vacancies in EWS
- TSSA currently has vacancies throughout the EWS network for Union Learning Reps (ULRs) and we are looking to fill these positions as soon as possible.
- Union Learning Reps vacancies in London Midland
- TSSA currently has vacancies throughout the London Midland network for Union Learning Reps (ULRs) and we are looking to fill these positions as soon as possible.
- Union Learning Reps vacancies in East Midlands Trains
- TSSA currently has vacancies throughout the East Midlands Trains network for Union Learning Reps (ULRs) and we are looking to fill these positions as soon as possible.
- Invitation to Apply for New Training Course Effective Working with Education Providers and Funding Bodies
- A course is happening very early in the New Year which we would thoroughly encourage you to attend: “Effective working with Education Providers and Funding Bodies”. The course will run for 2 days over 2 weeks on the 12th and 19th of January next year.
- South 0f England
- News update including Launch of London ULR Network, A good read at South West Trains, Cornwall gets cash for learning and Eurostar
- TSSA Learning Team : Mark Wilkinson
- Mark took up the part-time post of Learning Organiser (Translink) on a two year secondment basis in April 2009. His role includes the introduction of a Learning Programme for colleagues, the recruitment of Learning Reps and the establishment of a Learning Agreement.
- ULR Resource Page
- As a ULR you may find a number of these TSSA materials useful; simply click on the indicated phrase to open up a copy for you to download (and save) a version on your computer. If you are not sure how to download or amend any of the documents, please contact Yue Ting Cheng, Monitoring, Outreach and Admin Worker at TSSA Learning on 020 7529 8049.
- TSSA Learning Team - Vacancy
- We will shortly be advertising for the new Learning Organiser North position which is now vacant.
- TSSA Learning Team - Mel Taylor
- Mel is the TSSA Learning Organiser for the South of England. She has been a student and trade union activist for twenty years and has previously worked as an organiser with Community and PCS.
- TSSA Learning Team - Yue Ting Cheng
- As of June 2008, Yue Ting joined TSSA Learning as the new Monitoring, Outreach and Admin Worker. He says:
- TSSA Learning Team - Doreen Gutteridge
- Doreen Gutteridge is the TSSA Learning Organiser for the Travel Trade. She has worked within the Rail Industry for over 11 years working in the ticket office and latterly in the Travel Centre at Milton Keynes Station.
- London ULR network meeting - 11am-4pm on Monday, 13 October 2008
- The first meeting of the London Network for TSSA Union Learning Reps will be held between 11am-4pm on Monday, 13 October 2008 . It will take place in the Board Room at Walkden House, the TSSA head office near Euston station. A map showing the location of the venue is enclosed.
- TSSA Learning Team - Sal Morawetz
- As Senior Learning Organiser, Sal heads up the learning team in England and advises around the strategy for learning and organising across the rest of UK & Ireland for the Association.
- TSSA gets into learning
- TSSA Learning Reps, working with colleagues from ASLEF and RMT, have played a key role in organising workplace learning events, particularly during Adult Learners’ Week (17-23 May 2008) and on Learning @ Work Day itself (22 May 2008).
- TSSA Learning: TSSA leads the way with new lifelong learning project
- As of 31st March 2008 Rail Union Learning is wound up and as of 1st April TSSA’s own 2 year lifelong learning project “TSSA Learning” starts.
- Education and Organising
- Brief for discussion around TSSA programme and TUC equivalents.
- Learning Laptop Libraries
- Did you know that TSSA has a laptop libraries consisting of 10-12 laptops for use in London, the South and the North and the English Travel Trade areas to help set up training at locations/times to suit colleagues in the various companies?
Other articles on this website about Learning Centres
- First Great Western: Learning First at Penzance – 28 and 29 July 2009
- TSSA is committed to supporting our members at First to learn new skills and advance your career.
- First Great Western: Learning @ Reading – Friday, 24 July 2009
- TSSA is committed to supporting our members at First to learn new skills and to advance your career.
- TSSA Learning: TSSA gets into learning
- TSSA Learning Reps, working with colleagues from ASLEF and RMT, have played a key role in organising workplace learning events, particularly during Adult Learners’ Week (17-23 May 2008) and on Learning @ Work Day itself (22 May 2008).
Other articles on this website about Learning Reps
- South West Trains: Become a Learning Rep
- We are looking for volunteers to be part of a team of reps helping to promote learning and development for staff across South West Trains.
- National Express East Anglia: Become a TSSA Union Learning rep in NXEA!
- What is a Union Learning Rep? A Union Learning Rep [ULR] is a trade union rep with learning as their special responsibility towards members. ULRs are the learning champions for all their colleagues – leading up the activities in your workplace and elsewhere.
- First Capital Connect: Become a TSSA Union Learning rep in FCC !
- What is a Union Learning Rep? A Union Learning Rep [ULR] is a trade union rep with learning as their special responsibility towards members. ULRs are the learning champions for all their colleagues – leading up the activities in your workplace and elsewhere.
Other articles on this website about Rail Union Learning Project
- 2007 December/January TSSA Journal: Skills to open up your life
- She is the correspondence secretary of her TSSA branch and a travel centre adviser at the Travel Centre Central, Milton Keynes Station. But Doreen Gutteridge still finds time to be TSSA lead learner rep. Previously with Silverlink, the transfer to new franchisee, London Midland run by Govia, was on 11 November.
- Transpennine Express: Union Learning Rep vacancies
- We currently have a number of vacancies available for Union Learning Reps (ULRs) within Transpennine Express and we are also keen to hear from any existing ULRs.
- 2006 May/June TSSA Journal: New learning officer for TSSA
- The Rail Union Learning Programme has successfully bid for funding from the Union Learning Fund which will now continue until the end of March 2008.
Other articles on this website about Rep Training
- Education: TSSA Reps and the environment
- April 7-8 : Bristol
November 17-18 : Manchester - 2010 March TSSA Journal: ‘Bus drivers wanted, no experience needed and no training given’
- Sounds mad hey? Yet for many trade union members this is the reality, union representatives are negotiating, representing and organising members without any training or development.
- 2010 March TSSA Journal: Vote Labour? Be convinced, be prepared
- A very real fight is taking place across the country for Britain’s political future. The battle will be across the marginal constituencies between Conservatives who believe the role of government is to let the markets run the country and Labour, who knows there is a greater good and believes the role of government is to widen opportunity and fairness for all, not just those who can afford it.
Other articles on this website about Summer School
- 2004 July/August TSSA Journal: Summer in the city
- Delegates from travel and transport companies gathered in the vibrant city of Manchester for this year’s summer school on the theme of "building a diverse union".
- Future@: 2002 Summer School
- The first Future@ training event was the 2002 TSSA summer school. The aim of the school was to help give younger members the skills, confidence and contacts to enable them to become more active within TSSA.
- 2000 October/November TSSA Journal: TSSA Summer School
- This year’s Summer School took place at the GMB National College in Manchester from 17-21 July.
Other articles on this website about TSSA Learning
- TSSA Learning: Appointment of new TSSA Learning Organiser for Scotland (Vertex)
- Craig Edward has very recently been appointed as the new Learning Organiser in Dingwall for the Union. He will build on the previous exploratory work done by Lynn Horsford.
- 2010 March TSSA Journal: Free redundancy tips
- Get tips on how to deal with your personal finances when faced with redundancy, or the threat of losing your job. A free handbook covers everything from dealing with job worries and redundancy rights to managing money and what you can claim.
- 2010 March TSSA Journal: Rewards of signing
- ‘These awards were the culmination of the hard work, enthusiasm and commitment of the sign language learners,’ said Mark Wilkinson, TSSA learning organiser and project manager, at a ceremony in February to reward all the Belfast learners who had completed the TSSA/Translink course in British Sign Language (BSL).
Other articles on this website about TUC Learning
- 2008 November TSSA Journal: Tell us a story
- The hunt is on for up to 20 new authors as Quick Reads and unionlearn (the TUC’s learning and skills organisation) launch a competition to find Quick Reads writers for 2010.
- TSSA Learning: Education and Organising
- Brief for discussion around TSSA programme and TUC equivalents.
Other articles on this website about Weekend Schools
- 2004 July/August TSSA Journal: A forum for ideas
- TSSA weekend break 6-7 November 2004, T&G Centre Grand Parade, Eastbourne
- 2003 November/December TSSA Journal: A winning weekend
- The TSSA London divisional councils chose the T&G centre at Eastbourne for its weekend break, and once again their judgement proved to be a winner.
