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Lecturers defy pay insult
UCU members walk out on strike across Britain over measly offer
by Conrad Landin, Lamiat Sabin and Peter Lazenby
LECTURERS should “escalate” their strike until university bosses reverse the tide of pay decline, student activists said yesterday.
Members of the University and College Union will take a second day of strike action today in opposition to a 1.1 per cent pay offer and “disgraceful intransigence” from management in negotiations.
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