Suspension of AUT 'action short of a strike'
On Thursday 18 March, at the annual conference in Scarborough, AUT members voted to suspend industrial action and open a ballot following clarification of the orginal offer by the employers. This means an end to the four and a half weeks of AUT ‘action short of a strike’.
AUT members will suspend their boycott of student assessment and examination activity until the results of the four-week ballot are clear.
The news has been welcomed by the Universities and Colleges Employers Association (UCEA) as a step in the right direction.
http://www.ucea.ac.uk/frames.html
http://www.aut.org.uk/
http://education.guardian.co.uk/specialreports/lecturerspay/0,5477,83273,00.html
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/3569313.stm
http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/services/personnel/allstaff/