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Lecturers at more than 30 universities stage last of five days of strike action
Members of UCU, Unison and Unite take strike action in Leeds in their long-running dispute about pay
[Neil Terry / Neil Terry Photography]
LECTURERS at more than 30 universities staged the last of five days of strike action today.
Many marked the event with rallies backed by trade union councils and other unions.
At some universities, members of unions Unison and Unite took strike action in their own disputes and picketed alongside members of the University and College Union (UCU).
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