Sally Hunt
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Sally Hunt is a British trade union leader, the General Secretary of the Association of University Teachers until its merger into the new University and College Union (UCU), of which Hunt was the General Secretary until 2019.
UCU
When the General Secretary of UCU, Sally Hunt, stood down in February 2019, Jo Grady ran in the resulting election. Her campaign was noted for its strong online presence, and prominent badges and posters. She defeated Jo McNeill and Matt Waddup, taking 64% of the vote in the final round of voting.
2018 Justice for Colombia 2nd delegation
Jo Stevens MP, Tony Lloyd MP, John McCallister Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission, Stephen Cavalier Thompsons Solicitors, Nick Crook UNISON, Mark Fairhurst POA, Paul Glover UNISON, Sally Hunt TUC, John Metcalf ASLEF, Joe Simpson POA, Mick Whelan Justice for Colombia governing committee and ASLEF.
Signatory for the 'Stop Trump Coalition'
Sally Hunt signed a letter posted at The Guardian on February 1 2017[1] from the Stop Trump Coalition, "a coalition of organisations and individuals [who] joined forces to protest against Donald Trump’s planned visit to the UK."[2],[3]
The letter read, in part:
- "We write to impress upon Theresa May and her government our opposition to US President Donald Trump being accorded a state visit or any official visit to this country. The US population has suffered more than a decade and a half of a fall in incomes, but billionaire Trump offers no solution to this problem.
- "Racism, sexism, misogyny, Islamophobia, antisemitism, homophobia, war mongering, climate change denial or policies designed to boost the wealth of the already super-rich should not be rewarded or celebrated in this country.
Morning Star conference
"For a peoples Britain, not a bankers Britain" Bishopgate March 31, 2012. Speakers include: Michael Meacher MP, Michelle Stanistreet (NUJ), Sally Hunt (UCU - tbc), Len McCluskey (Unite), Bob Crow (RMT); Kelvin Hopkins MP, Bill Greenshields (People’s Charter), Anita Halpin (Morning Star Management Committee); John Haylett (Morning Star political editor) Owen Jones (author of "Chavs: the demonisation of the working class"), Megan Dobney (SERTUC), Hugh Lanning (PCS), Paul Mackney (former UCU Gen Sec, Vice-Chair of the Coalition of Resistance.)[4]
Latin America 2011
- Alberto Juantoreno Cuba
- Egle Sanchez Venezuela
- Prof. Ernesto Laclau
- Frances O'Grady TUC
- Dr. Steve Ludlam
- Richard Gott
- Sally Hunt UCU
- Bob Crow RMT
- Ken Livingstone
“Fund Our Future” rally
November 2010, over 50,000 workers and students shook the Westminster halls of power today with a march against the raising of tuition fees.
Anger at the Conservative-Liberal Democrat government cuts and fee rises spilled over just hours after the march with 300 protesters occupying Tory headquarters at Millbank.
Windows were smashed and small fires started inside with nine protesters and two police officers reportedly injured.
Riot police were so overwhelmed by the 2,000-strong protest outside Millbank that as the Star went to press the building remained occupied and they had abandoned plans to retake it.
Protesters from inside Tory HQ released a statement saying: “We oppose the cuts and stand in solidarity with public-sector workers.
“We call for direct action to oppose the cuts. This is just the beginning of the resistance.”
The demo was twice as big as expected by organisers. The vast majority of peaceful protesters rallied under the banners of “Fund Our Future” and “Unity is Strength.”
They were flanked by stewards from lecturers’ union UCU and the National Union of Students as they marched through central London and past the Houses of Parliament.
UCU leader Sally Hunt told protesters: “I am here today to send a message to the politicians at Westminster.
“It isn’t fair to make our public universities the most expensive in the world. It isn’t progressive to discourage young people from going to college.
Labour MP John McDonnell, one of only a handful of politicians on the march, praised the unity shown on the demo.
“This is the biggest workers’ and students’ demonstration in decades. It just shows what can be done when people get angry. We must build on this,” he said.
Soas student Joana Pinto told the Morning Star that the Lib Dems had “betrayed students’ faith by siding with the government despite pre-election promises not to increase tuition fees.”
Cambridge University Students Union president Thomas Chigbo said he felt “particular anger at Lib Dems for their betrayal” and warned they could suffer the consequences at the ballot box.
Young Communist League of Britain general secretary George Waterhouse, who led a large contingent on the march, said: “We believe that education is a right not a commodity.
“Government plans would return us to the days when education was a preserve of the rich. It is clear the cuts are being implemented in line with EU diktats.”[5]