Rail workers in Portugal begin further strikes to last through April, over pay, conditions and safety; Palestinians in Israel hold one-day general strike after 26-year-old doctor shot dead by police outside the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem’s Old City; strikes continue in South Africa at retail giant Makro for pay and to protest the sacking of strikers
Hungarian teachers begin indefinite strike over pay in year-long dispute; strike across West Bank in response to killings by Israeli military as teachers’ stoppage continues; Nigerian public sector workers to begin general strike over cost of living