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| | UNI : UK: 20 new recruits as TUC Organising Academy notches up fifth year |
 | | Since it opened its doors five years ago, the TUC's Organising Academy has worked with unions to train some 150, mainly young, organisers, the majority of whom, once their year is up, stay working for trade unions, using their new found knowledge to boost union membership levels in offices and factories across the country. |
 | | Whilst the TUC guide notes that these positive developments have no doubt been helped by the government's employment law reforms and by continuing low levels of unemployment, it also says that imaginative, targeted organising union campaigns have also played a considerable part. |
 | | TUC General Secretary John Monks said: 'When it first started out the TUC Academy was very much seen as an experiment, but five years on, it has established itself as one of the most effective means of attracting and training the next generation of union organisers. |
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