Activists targeted, claim lecturers

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Universities in the UK are singling out standards campaigners and union activists in an effort to silence dissent on campus, according to a number of motions made at the Association of University Teachers (AUT) annual conference in week commencing 25 April 2005. Jonathan Whitehead, policy head at the AUT, noted that the union will take every measure necessary to defend action taken against its local officers when that action is clearly not justified.

College teachers, College faculty, Demonstrations and protests, Censorship, Association of University Teachers

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Unions claim victory in vote to cause 'chaos' by boycott

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Lecturers' unions Natfhe and the Association of University Teachers are set to act on their threat to 'bring universities to a standstill' over pay following indications that members voted in favour of industrial action. Unions are demanding a pay rise of between 20 and 23 percent over a three year period from 2006-07.

Personnel administration, Compensation and benefits, Negotiation, mediation and arbitration, Labor relations, Lecturers, Teachers' unions

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