Training In the Printing Industry: an Investigation Into the Recruitment, Training and Retraining Agreement.

Mark Stuart, who is a Research Fellow in the School of Business and Economic Studies at the University of Leeds, discusses the issues and problems of formulating and implementing training policy within specific industries. He presents an investigation of the Recruitment, Training and Retraining Agreement covering the UK printing industry and, as well as identifying the intrinsic strengths and weaknesses of such joint managementtrade union initiatives, considers the detailed impact at workplace level.