Post by Jaga on Jun 14, 2008 21:18:04 GMT -7
The riots, strikes and manifestations were in many places but the most violent was probably in Spain:
Spain: Strikes over fuel prices turn violent
Tue. June 10, 2008 06:24 am.- By Bonny Apunyu. - Send this news article
(SomaliNet) An indefinite strike by Truck drivers in Spain over rising fuel prices on Monday turned violent when protesters began smashing windscreens of vehicles that defied the strike.
Television footage showed abandoned lorries with broken windscreens, with lights ripped out and tyres punctured after they tried to cross picket lines.
Some 15 truckers also stopped lorries from travelling to Spain in the French border town of Perthus, but allowed smaller vehicles and buses to proceed.
Spain has experienced more than 20 per cent rise in fuel prices this year and strike leaders have called for price guarantees.
"Truckers can't work, we are losing money and someone has to find a solution," Jaime Diaz, president of Spain's National Road Transport Confederation, told Ser radio station
Spain: Strikes over fuel prices turn violent
Tue. June 10, 2008 06:24 am.- By Bonny Apunyu. - Send this news article
(SomaliNet) An indefinite strike by Truck drivers in Spain over rising fuel prices on Monday turned violent when protesters began smashing windscreens of vehicles that defied the strike.
Television footage showed abandoned lorries with broken windscreens, with lights ripped out and tyres punctured after they tried to cross picket lines.
Some 15 truckers also stopped lorries from travelling to Spain in the French border town of Perthus, but allowed smaller vehicles and buses to proceed.
Spain has experienced more than 20 per cent rise in fuel prices this year and strike leaders have called for price guarantees.
"Truckers can't work, we are losing money and someone has to find a solution," Jaime Diaz, president of Spain's National Road Transport Confederation, told Ser radio station