As Birmingham’s refuse workers fight brutal pay cuts, Strike Map rallies mass solidarity, with unions, activists, and workers converging to defy scab labour and police intimidation. The message to Labour? Back workers or face rebellion, writes HENRY FOWLER and ROBERT POOLE
Henry Fowler and Robert Poole
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The most powerful tool of organised labour is the strike but there is no record kept of where these actions are taking place. Strike Map UK want to change that, write HENRY FOWLER and ROBERT POOLE