The Prime Minister's called today's massive public sector strike a 'damp squib'.

Nurses, job centre staff and teachers are just some of those who've joined picket lines in Bournemouth, Poole and Christchurch today...

They've joined around 2 million other workers across the UK on stike - which is affecting bin collections, passport control at airports and some hospitals, while dozens of schools have closed for the day.

Hundreds turned out for a big rally in Bournemouth town centre this lunchtime..

One of them was Matthew, who's a local paramedic - he told us it's not all about pensions:

CLIP