Dutch union organisers bring Strike Map to the Netherlands
DUTCH union organisers today launched Strike Map Netherlands (Stakingskaart), bringing the British-born Strike Map project to the continent for the first time.
Michel Eggermont of Dutch union FNV Rail said activists there had been “impressed with the developments of Strike Map from afar.
“We believe there is a real need to produce more information about what strikes are happening across the Netherlands [so we can] co-ordinate better solidarity activity.
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