The past year has seen a return of large-scale walkouts in Britain. After decades of low levels of industrial action, leaders of the more established unions have been calling strike after strike. Alongside this, there have been glimpses of new workplace organising at employers such as Amazon.
But it’s just as important to pay attention to where we haven’t yet seen strikes.
Overall union membership remains at a historic low. Most workers are not members of a union and there is an increasing gulf between the existing labour movement and the rest of the workforce.
