Unite to exhibit at Ipex
Unite the Union will use Ipex to highlight the work it has done, and continues to do, towards supporting the up-skilling of graphics, print and media (GMP) workers. Unite workers will be sharing best practice with the industry over the course of eight days. They will be running four workshops in the Knowledge Centre, and will also be on the Unite stand to demonstrate examples of partnerships with companies such as Smurfit Kappa, Polestar and Southern Print among others.
As well as being signatories to the industry wide agreement on training and skills, Unite also takes an active role in the GPM learning and skills council - Proskills. The union works with print and packaging companies of all sizes across the UK to promote learning and the increasing of workplace skills.?
Unite assistant general secretary, Tony Burke, said, "Showcasing Unite's involvement in raising the skills of workers and apprentices in the GPM industry is an easy decision to make. The more companies come to see the benefit of working with us on this, the quicker they reap the benefits of a high skill workforce; and the quicker our members and the country benefit from a more profitable industry, with more job security."
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