Strikers in Spain took to the streets to protest labor reforms, public spending cuts and widespread unemployment.
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A retail employee closes down her shop under protestors' pressure in Madrid, Spain. March 29, 2012. The one-day trade union-sponsored general strike is to protest austerity measures permitting less costly worker hirings and firings. (AP)
Trash containers set fire during clashes with demonstrators during the general strike in Barcelona, March 29, 2012. (AP)
A demonstrator spraying graffiti in Barcelona, March 29, 2012. (AP)
A window covered with red paint and strike stickers reading 'We are on Strike' and 'Closed for the General Strike' in Madrid, March 29, 2012. (AP)
A protester is grabbed by police in Madrid, March 29, 2012. (AP)
Protestors stand near the gantries of Madrid's Atocha railway station in Spain March 29, 2012. (Reuters)
Union picketers try to stop a truck at the entrance of Malaga's main food warehouse, early March 29, 2012. (Reuters)
A picketer scuffles with Spanish riot police officer in Madrid, March 29, 2012. (Reuters)
Madrid's Atocha train station during the general strike, March 29, 2012. (Reuters)
Riot police officers on the street in Pamplona, northern Spain, March 29, 2012. (AP)