Quakers urged to stand by strikers

Workers accuse the company of betraying its Quaker roots

by Rebecca Hardy 19th November 2021

Quakers have been urged to stand by workers at Clarks shoe company who have been striking for weeks. The workers from Clarks’ main distribution centre in Street, Somerset, have accused the 200-year-old shoemaker of betraying its Quaker roots by demanding that employees accept a significant pay cut or face the sack. The brand was founded by two Quaker brothers in 1825.