Strikes, road blockades, and mine sit-ins continue as 8,000 mineworkers at over 40 coal mines in northern Spain continue their protests against their fiscally-wracked government’s decision to cut coal subsidies.
Spanish Miners Protest Spending Cuts
Juan Manuel Serrano / AP
Miners use a piece of a guard rail as a barricade to block a road during a protest in Cinera, Spain, June 11, 2012. Strikes, road blockades, and mine sit-ins continue as 8,000 mineworkers at over 40 coal mines in northern Spain continue their protests.
