Striking Spanish Coal Workers Block Roads
From Washington Post
Striking coal workers blocked roads with burning tires and fired missiles at police to stop them breaking up protests in northern Spain Tuesday, officials from the recession-hit country said.
While some miners have remained underground for 23 days, thousands of others in the northern provinces of Asturias and Leon set tires alight – sending plumes of black smoke into the night sky – to highlight calls for negotiations on job cuts, said Anibal Vazquez, mayor of Mieres.
