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Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Terry Davis (Labour), on Tuesday, 9 July 1991, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 24 members in total.


NATIONAL BOYCOTT OF BIRMINGHAM POLYTECHNIC

That this House notes that Dr Peter Knight, the Director of Birmingham Polytechnic, chaired the employers' side in the recent negotiations with the National Association of Teachers in Further and Higher Education resulting in an agreed contract for academic staff at polytechnics and other institutions; also notes that Dr Knight failed to recommend this agreement to the Board of governors of Birmingham Polytechnic and produced his own version of a contract for academic staff at this polytechnic; is not surprised that the National Association of Teachers in Further and Higher Education has called for a national boycott of Birmingham Polytechnic in these circumstances; and urges the Board of Governors to arrange for urgent discussions with the trade union representatives of academic staff at Birmingham Polytechnic in an attempt to resolve this dispute in the interests of staff and students.


Secondary information

Type
Early day motion
Reference
1089 
Session
1990-91
Subjects
Directors Pay Polytechnics Pay settlements Birmingham Polytechnic National Association of Teachers in Further and Higher Education
Link
View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk