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
National strike in Belgian public sector against wage restraint and mass demonstration of 80,000 in Brussels; cabin crew at Ryanair, EasyJet and national carriers across Europe plan strikes over staff shortages and to reverse pay cuts during pandemic; Greek healthcare workers join national 24-hour strike over staff shortages leading to exhaustion; UK refuse collection drivers employed by scab-organising Coventry Labour council continue five-month pay strike; strikes by 1,000 outsourced cleaners working for UK train cleaning company over pay and conditions continue; 1,000 South African contract miners at North West platinum mine on indefinite strike for pay parity