Robert Slough, who is afamilysupportworker, said it was a difficult decision to strike because he was losing wages but said he felt obliged to take action.
Beth Marriott, afamilysupportworker, runs events as part of the city's Underground Restaurant scene, where people go to dinner parties, usually at homes or in community areas, after being emailed venue details days before.
In expensive Guangdong, for instance, a worker's earnings would not support half afamily, but many workers come from the Chinese interior and back home they would.