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
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.
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Riot police apprehend protestors during a demonstration by Spanish coal miners on July 11, 2012 in Madrid, Spain.
