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Introduce a new extensive face to face and
online education curriculum.
This has been achieved our biggest and most extensive
programme has been launched.
Build on partnerships with academics and
institutions and partners.
Great successes have been achieved and these are
reported on in the Education Trust report.
Hold successful meetings with union specialist
officers for finance, IT, education, etc and
sustain the General Secretary’s group.
Future dates planned and successful meetings held.
Build the trade union education forum as the
forum for discussion between educators. From
February onwards.
Very successful meetings held.
Create a new online ethical shop through New
Internationalist – launch TUC.
Launched September 2016.
Create a new international trade union
publishing house imprint through New
Internationalist.
To be launched September 2017, titles agreed,
databasing internationally for promotional
work agreed.
Find long term sustainable future for the
Pensions Trust.
An improved position has taken us a long way
in this direction.
Raise GFTU’s profile.
Wider press coverage has been achieved, a strenuous
marketing strategy for the hotel and GFTU and
education programme are in place and our TUC
presence amongst unions has been noted.
Make a considered, quality contribution to the
EU referendum debate.
Three seminars were organised with Keele University
representing all shades of opinion.
Establish GFTU Credit Union.
This has not yet been achieved.
Review BGCM policy implementation.
Throughout.
See report on implementation.
Extend GFTU services and open new income
streams.
This has been achieved.
Progress commitment to training health and
safety trainers in Vietnamese trade unions.
Significant progress made.
Progress exploration of marketing a new funding
stream through a workers’beer and wine.
A new Federation Beer should be launched soon,
ongoing discussions concerning a GFTU wine.
Below: Anne Pettifor