Nurses, teachers and civil servants are among the estimated 170,000 public sector workers on strike across Northern Ireland today.
They're walking out for 24 hours in a row over pay and conditions - in one of the largest demonstrations ever seen there.
A financial package was offered by Westminster - but on the condition that power sharing was restored at Stormont, which is yet to happen.
Fermanagh-South Tyrone MLA, Jemma Dolan, says its frustrating that things have come to this point.