Matt Perry
@MattPerrLabHist
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Labour Historian and trade union activist.
Joined January 2022
RT @NewcastleUniUCU: Half the UK’s universities are cutting jobs because the funding model is crashing. 1000 university staff are dismissed….
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RT @NewcastleUniUCU: Join us this Wednesday 11 June for a big demonstration in newcastle!! @ucu @UCUNorthern
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RT @GrahamSmith4: @nickhillman @HEPI_news @BBCRadio4 1. Industrial action stopped the destruction of the USS pension. 2. Lowering salaries….
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RT @NewcastleUniUCU: A few more days to sign the open letter about Higher Education - do share widely!.
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RT @GrahamSmith4: If you want a VP/President who will stand up for @ucu members with integrity, thought, and commitment, then vote for Rhia….
rhiannonforucuvp.wordpress.com
Vote Rhiannon Lockley (she/her) for UCU Vice President (Higher Education): ballots are live 27th January till 3rd March 2025
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RT @NewcastleUniUCU: Did you write your MP about the crisis in HE? We wrote a briefing for Newcastle Members, but it could easily be used b….
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RT @NewcastleUniUCU: Following on from the meeting on the 14th, @BrunelUCU and @DundeeUCU which have been hit with recent announcements o….
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RT @CHavergalTHE: .@UEA_UCU considers industrial dispute and legal action as university announces 170 compulsory redundancies. Says it has….
timeshighereducation.com
Announcement follows the departure of 400 staff members last year as efforts to close budget black hole continue
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RT @HaSSFacultyNCL: What to know about Red Ellen; @historyNCL Prof @MattPerrLabHist tells us about the trailblazing North East politician a….
theconversation.com
Rachel Reeves swapped a portrait of Nigel Lawson, Margaret Thatcher’s chancellor, with one of Ellen Wilkinson.
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RT @NewcastleUniUCU: Open meeting for all UCU branches over Cuts, HE Crisis and Pay, Thursday 14 November, 6pm. Hosted by Newcastle Univers….
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RT @UCUHallam: 🚨 Please sign & share our petition to our VC to stop further job cuts & attacks on conditions at Sheffield Hallam:. https://t….
megaphone.org.uk
SUPPORTING UNIONS TO WIN Supporting workers and their union with digital campaigns. Megaphone UK is a project of the TUC, in collaboration with our 48 member unions and the nearly 5.5 million...
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Solidarity from Newcastle. It’s so important branches fight the jobs massacre in HE. All power to you. This is a fight for the future of the sector.
In solidarity with our UCU members standing up for an ethical and people centred YSJ! Vote YES!
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Solidarity from Newcastle. So important branches challenge the jobs massacre. All power to you. Industrial action makes a big difference.
🚨Our @ucu ballot🚨 to take industrial action to save the jobs of our colleagues facing redundancy opens today! Keep an eye out for your ballot papers and vote YES ✅ to strike 💪✊.#UCU #NoCompulsoryRedundancies #WeAreTheUniversity
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RT @ucu_solidarity: It's great to see this initiative from @LondonUCU. A new Government means our existing campaigns need to be refocused.….
ucl.zoom.us
This is the registration page for the UCU Solidarity Movement Organising meetings, which take place every Tuesday evening. Our meetings are open to all UCU members. Please register below. -- ABOUT...
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RT @lewiseturner: The British Society for Middle Eastern Studies @OfficialBrismes is raising money to support the rebuilding of higher educ….
gofundme.com
Founded in 1973, the British Society for Middle Eastern Studi… British Society for Middle Eastern Studies needs your support for The BRISMES Fund for Higher Education in Gaza
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Solidarity. Congress clearly wanted this settled and was sympathetic to UNITE’s demands. And to allow recall HE sector Congress lost to a Unite strike day. Failure to resolve the dispute leaves a big gap in policy-making and accountability.
During ACAS talks today, attended by UCU's General Secretary & President, yet again no tangible offer was made that could move us to ending our dispute. Of much greater concern is a risk of escalation after the employer suggested pausing our recognition agreement. #ReclaimUCU.
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Solidarity from Newcastle. Very similar here. We need to have our students’ backs.
Today this UCU branch has issued a joint statement with @BhamUniUnison in response to yesterday morning’s ‘Message from the VC’ issued to UoB Staff. This Branch supports the right of any Student to protest peacefully. @ucu @TUCBham @BhamLiberated .
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Solidarity from Newcastle University UCU. Invite a Unite UCU speaker to your branch too.
Huge thanks to all #UCU2024 Congress delegates, branches, members, & countless others who’ve sent messages of solidarity & support for our dispute & strike action yesterday. It means so much.❤️We really hope our employer now respects the will of UCU & Unite members. #ReclaimUCU
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Solidarity BMSC colleagues. Congress must discuss this and take serious action. This is a battle for the very soul of the union. There are two traditions within trade unionism and we should stand with a member-led anti-racism. Remember Grunwicks, remember Cable St.
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