Trade unions // Notes From Below

A picture of a picket line with red flags

Introduction to Workers Make History
by Notes from Below, Henry Fowler, Robert Poole / July 13, 2026

Picture of striking workers

Interview with Strike Map
by Notes from Below, Henry Fowler, Robert Poole / July 13, 2026

A photo of a picket line

Strike Stories since 2020
by Notes from Below / July 13, 2026

Manchester workers rally for increased funding in mental health services, holding trade union signs and flags in support of their cause.

Understaffed? There’s a strike for that
by Claire Miller / March 29, 2026

A group of people are participating in a memorial event, holding a banner honouring Bob Crow.

Lessons for Unison #3
by Janine Booth / Feb. 8, 2026

Hundreds of striking lecturers and academic staff revolt against the UCU union leadership outside its London HQ during the 2018 national pensions strike.

Lessons for Unison #2
by Solan Gundersen / Feb. 2, 2026

A group of Unite bin workers march with Sharon Graham in support of their long-running strike. At the head of the procession, Graham and the workers hold a long banner which reads 'back the strike'.

Lessons for Unison #1
by Unite the Union Activists / Jan. 24, 2026