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The fight to save Glasgow Trade Union Education Centre needs the support of the entire movement
The city of Jimmy Reid, Mary McArthur and other great class fighters must not be left without trade union learning provision, says NEIL FINDLAY
City of Glasgow College
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LAST MONTH’s figures showing Scotland’s trade union membership is up by 30,000 should be a cause of celebration after years of gloomy headlines about declining union membership.
Let’s hope that this trend continues as workers understand the importance of collective organising to improve pay and conditions and defend jobs and services.
Rising numbers of trade unionists should result in a growing demand for trade union education, shop steward and rep training. However, in Glasgow, a city with a long and proud history of trade union activism, the City of Glasgow College, instead of grasping this opportunity to attract new business to the college, want to close down the Trade Union Education Centre which has been in existence since the early 1990s. A centre that has trained thousands of union members and workplace reps.
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