Strike Map founders ‘make no apologies’ for raising awareness of workers' struggles
Unite union general secretary Sharon Graham (centre), joins ambulance workers on the picket line outside ambulance headquarters in Coventry. Picture date: Wednesday December 21, 2022.
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STRIKE MAP founders said today that they “make no apologies” for raising awareness of workers’ struggles following criticism from the Daily Mail.
The founders of a website which tracks the location of strikes in Britain said they were shocked to see today’s front page article accusing them of being part of a plot by union “barons” to create a “de facto general strike.”
Henry Fowler and Robert Poole created Strike Map with a launch article in the Morning Star two years ago.
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