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Matt challenges profiteering in the education sector
Matt shared NASUWT’s latest report - Where has all the money gone? The report exposed huge profiteering in the education sector that must be challenged . From academy trust CEOs, to SEND private education providers, exam boards and supply agencies - schools are being ripped off, all while we are told they should make efficiencies.
Matt attends NASUWT Black Teachers’ Conference
10 May 2025
Matt was proud to attend the Black Teachers’ Conference and meet with hundreds of amazing activists from across the country.
”We need to stand up and be prepared to challenge the racists, to challenge those who seek to divide us and to demand a better life for everyone, a better education system for everyone and better public services for everyone. Trade unions, and this trade union, can be central to that if we organise.”
Matt challenges Harris Academy
“Harris Federation are trying to make dozens of dedicated teachers redundant and are using underhand tactics to try and force this through.
Their disgraceful behaviour is causing untold stress to our members and will only serve to damage children’s education.
This Academy Trust has tens of millions in the bank, pays its boss more than the Prime Minister and yet is seeking to get rid of 45 teachers in its schools.
There needs to be an immediate halt to the proposed redundancies and a proper collective consultation with NASUWT.
NASUWT teachers are angry at this attack by their employer. They are united in their resolve and tell us that sacking teachers will only harm education provision and shatter already low morale across the trust.”
6 May 2025
Matt speaks to The Guardian
1 May 2025
Matt spoke to The Guardian to challenge the smears that have been spread about him by Michael Gove and Damian Green.
Matt said: “I’ve never met Michael Gove in my life, but he seems to not like me. Damian Green, he seems to not like me. There seems to be quite a determined effort to portray me in a certain way, which I think is because I am an effective trade unionist.
“In 2022 the fire service was one of the few bits of the public sector that did not take action and achieved a pay settlement without a strike, through collective bargaining. So the idea that I simply want strikes is ludicrous and, frankly, a bit daft.”
8 March 2025
Matt is proud to accept the Ron Todd award recognising the work he has done on equalities issues across the trade union movement.
Matt is particularly proud to accept this because it commemorates the incredible work and legacy of Ron Todd who served as the general secretary of the Transport and General Workers’ Union.