Employers' association faces three pay claims

The Association of University Teachers will meet The Universities and Colleges Employers Association today for the first time to discuss next year's pay claim. The union has threatened to call its members out on strike unless it receives a favourable answer to its 10 per cent claim before April 1. The employers association also meets the Manufacturing Science Finance union, which represents mainly technical staff in pre-1992 universities. Public sector union Unison submitted a pay claim this week for an increase of Pounds 33 per week or 10 per cent.