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24. Arrests, injuries reported as Spanish workers strike

Thu Mar 29, 2012, 10:19 AM

Mar 2012

http://edition.cnn.com/2012/03/29/world/europe/spain-strike/index.html?hpt=wo_c2

Madrid (CNN) -- Huge traffic jams snarled central Madrid Thursday, as Spain's first general strike in more than a year kicked off with nine people slightly injured in demonstrations, including police officers, the Interior Ministry said.

Interior Ministry official Cristina Diaz said 58 people had been detained. The cause was not immediately clear.

Dozens of union members picketed outside the Agriculture Ministry before dawn, with dozens of riot police on hand. Picketers heckled and momentarily blocked a car trying to get into the ministry.

Spanish unions are protesting the new conservative government's labor reforms and austerity cuts.

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