Motion: Congratulations to Gerry Hastings, Winner of the 5th STUC Helen Dowie Award for Lifelong Learning

Congratulations to Gerry Hastings, Winner of the 5th STUC Helen Dowie Award for Lifelong Learning

Lodged by Margaret Curran Standard Motion 16 supporters

The motion

That the Parliament congratulates Gerry Hastings, from Baillieston in Glasgow, for receiving the fifth Scottish Trades Union Congress Helen Dowie Award for Lifelong Learning; notes that Gerry Hastings is the union learning rep for UNISON at Strathclyde Partnership for Transport (SPT); further notes that the Helen Dowie award, founded in 2006, recognises lifelong learning among outstanding trade unionists who continue to demonstrate their dedication to union values as well as highlighting individuals who take the lead in furthering the learning movement in Scotland; recognises that this award was given in recognition of the agreement reached in September 2008 by Unite and UNISON with SPT that resulted in the inclusion of both learning and training in all the collective bargaining structures and company policy within the group; notes that, in the past year, there have been 2,138 hours of learning at SPT, 1,528 in company time and 610 in the learners’ own time, all of which have been delivered free of charge, and wishes Gerry Hastings and his fellow comrades well in their continued success in lifelong learning and personal development in the workplace.

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