10.00-16.00 SATURDAY, 13 JUNE 2009
TOWN HOUSE, INVERNESS
This years Scottish Trades Union Congress (STUC) Highlands and Islands Conference will be held on Saturday 13 June 2009 in the Town House, Inverness. The theme of this years Conference will be “Tackling Recession in the Highlands and Islands”
The keynote speakers will be Jim Mather MSP, Minister for Enterprise, Energy and Tourism and Grahame Smith, STUC General Secretary.
A panel session involving:
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Cllr William ‘Ian’ Ross, Chair of Highland Council’s Planning, Environment and Development Committee and Cahir of Highland Economic Forum;
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Charlotte Wright, Regional Director – Highland, Highlands and islands Enterprise; and,
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Gordon McGuiness, Skills Development Scotland
will discuss the response to recession in the Highlands and Islands.
Workshop sessions will be held on the following subjects:
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Living Wage for Scotland
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Occupational Health
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Health Inequalities in the Highlands and Islands
In the afternoon there will be a political question and answer Session involving:
Rhoda Grant MSP Scottish Labour Party
Mary Scanlon MSP Scottish Conservative Party
Cllr John Finnie SNP
ENDS
For further information please contact:
Stephen Boyd 0141 337 8100