with only 80% of the eligible population having had the booster jab, it s urging people to get the vaccine in order to protect the nhs. young people have said they feel insecure about renting in the capital and it s precarious. that s according to research among 18 to 30 year olds. the report by poverty charity toynbee hall asked young people over two years about how renting in london is affecting their lives and found that some feel they have no choice but to accept poor living standards. eastbourne s refuse workers are on strike this morning after talks on a new pay deal failed to reach a resolution. the council claims its offered a 7% rise to staff at south east environmental services ltd, which is run by the authority. but the gmb union says they ve asked for an offer closer to 20%, so members are striking today and on january the 10th, with further days being considered. a cocker spaniel has been re united
Romanian transport workers in wildcat strike against pay cuts joined by striking teachers and public sector workers over same issue; workers at Fiat Plastic in Kragujevac, Serbia, form own union and continue year-long indefinite strike against pay cuts; teachers protest across Iran over pay and conditions in 50 cities including Tehran; 5,000 South African dairy workers continue nine-week strike over attacks on pay and conditions, other workers threaten to join action
School students in Italy in COVID safety strike demand return to remote learning and free tests and masks; protests in major cities in Lebanon and teachers strike as currency continues to fall; hundreds of striking South African Clover Foods dairy workers out for eight weeks protest wage cuts, retrenchments and restructuring
French secondary school teachers begin a week of strikes over COVID-19 danger, unions demand mitigation only; 3,000 workers begin five-week strike at Finnish forestry company UPM over collective bargaining agreement; further protests by Iranian workers and pensioners in defence of livelihoods as food inflation hits 80 percent; strike by 5,000 workers at South African dairy group Clover Foods continues, with factory closures imminent and 1,000 job losses