Members of the National Education Union (NEU) take part in a rally through Westminster to Parliament Square, London, as teachers staged walkouts across England in an ongoing dispute over pay, July 5, 2023
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.
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
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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
