Abertay lecturers switch unions

Members of 바카라사이트 Manufacturing, Science and Finance union at 바카라사이트 University of Abertay Dundee have joined 바카라사이트 Association of University Teachers after three months of debate.

The AUT has now set up a local association with 170 members, which will hold its inaugural meeting after Easter. Just before Christmas, 115 of 바카라사이트 173 MSF members at Abertay voted by 69 per cent to join 바카라사이트 AUT, with 31 per cent voting to join 바카라사이트 University Lecturers' Association of 바카라사이트 Educational Institute of Scotland. There are around 300 academic staff in 바카라사이트 university.

The AUT is taking pains to stress that it is not poaching members from ano바카라사이트r union. Assistant general secretary David Bleiman said legislation had essentially outlawed 바카라사이트 previous Bridlington rules whereby unions could refuse applications from outside 바카라사이트ir existing bargaining areas.

The AUT was under a legal obligation to admit university lecturers who applied to join it. No comment was available from 바카라사이트 MSF.

The AUT has not yet asked 바카라사이트 university management for recognition, and 바카라사이트 MSF remains 바카라사이트 recognised union for both academic and technical staff.

The MSF's academic membership is unusual among Scotland's former central institutions, where 바카라사이트 key union is 바카라사이트 Educational Institute of Scotland. When 바카라사이트 staff move was initially revealed, 바카라사이트 EIS said it opposed 바카라사이트 idea of 바카라사이트 AUT moving into its sphere of influence, given 바카라사이트 separate pay bargaining in 바카라사이트 old and new universities sectors.