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The back of the GFTU banner shown to the crowds at the 2024
GFTU programme / 9 July 2026
9 July 2026

HENRY FOWLER outlines the GFTU’s new 2026-27 education programme and argues that investing in trade union education is essential to building worker power, developing leaders and strengthening collective action

(c) Henry Fowler, GFTU
Features / 6 June 2026
6 June 2026

National co-ordinator for General Strike 100, HENRY FOWLER, continues his nationwide tour of partner organisations by visiting the Modern Records Centre at Warwick University

Blue plaque
Features / 17 May 2026
17 May 2026

HENRY FOWLER, national co-ordinator for General Strike 100, continued his nationwide tour of partner organisations by joining campaigners and trade unionists in Brighton for the unveiling of a new blue plaque and a full day of commemorative events marking the centenary of the ‘Battle of Lewes Road’

Janet Hughes (Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge) / Pic: Henry Fowler, GFTU
Features / 9 May 2026
9 May 2026

Capturing the general strikes history is a vital part of our struggles today, posits HENRY FOWLER

Unite march
Features / 3 May 2026
3 May 2026

HENRY FOWLER, General Strike 100 national co-ordinator, continued his nationwide tour of partner organisations, joining the National Day of Celebration in Barnsley. The event was organised by Unite for a Workers Economy (Unite the Union), the Durham Miners Association, and the National Union of Mineworkers

Museum strike. Photo: Henry Fowler
Features / 17 April 2026
17 April 2026

By Henry Fowler, co-founder of Strike Map

Stand Together! poster, 1977
Features / 27 March 2026
27 March 2026

A centenary tour of north-west England uncovers powerful exhibitions and archives connecting the history of the 1926 General Strike with the fights facing workers today. General Strike 100 national co-ordinator HENRY FOWLER reflects on his recent visit to partners in the region

SAYING IT CLEAR: Phelbotamists on the picket line Pic: Henry Fowler/Strike Map
Features / 8 November 2025
8 November 2025

Solidarity is needed for the longest strike in NHS history, argues HENRY FOWLER of Strike Map

Megastrike new zealand
Working Class History / 25 October 2025
25 October 2025

HENRY FOWLER puts the strike of public-sector workers in New Zealand in the wider context of deteriorating employment conditions throughout the world’s major economies

Strike Map megapicket
Features / 27 September 2025
27 September 2025

HENRY FOWLER, co-founder of Strike Map, announces a new collaboration with UnionMaps, integrating two important sets of data that will facilitate the labour movement in its analysis, planning and action

ALL TOGETHER: Workers from all industries join the ‘mega picket’ — mass solidarity action to support the Birmingham bin strike organised by Strike Map, July 25 2025. Photo: Henry Fowler
Features / 29 August 2025
29 August 2025

Since 2023, Strike Map has evolved from digital mapping at a national level to organising ‘mega pickets’ — we believe that mass solidarity with localised disputes prepares the ground for future national action, writes HENRY FOWLER

STRIKE WAVE: School support staff members of Unison during a rally outside the Scottish Parliament, part of a huge wave of industrial action that spread across Britain to various overlooked sectors, September 2023
Features / 20 May 2025
20 May 2025

Head of education, campaigns and organising for the General Federation of Trade Unions HENRY FOWLER explains why it is launching a fund to support trades councils and give them access to a new range of courses and resources