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The early years of a breakaway union: the APT and the polytechnic lecturers
Author(s) -
Bright David
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
industrial relations journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.525
H-Index - 3
eISSN - 1468-2338
pISSN - 0019-8692
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-2338.1981.tb00385.x
Subject(s) - political science , mathematics education , pedagogy , psychology
The emergence of the APT can be seen almost as a textbook illustration of a breakaway union. This article analyses reasons for its emergence and its impact upon the traditional union for polytechnic lecturers, the National Association of Teachers in Further and Higher Education.