Academics hail ‘considerable value’ of Strike Map data

THE Strike Map recorded that 170,000 workplaces took strike action during the wave of walkouts last year.
Academics hailed the “considerable value” of its data given the lack of detail published in Britain’s official statistics body, as they published the first academic report into the worker-powered platform today.
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