General strike starts in Spain against austerity
Workers in Spain are staging a general strike to protest austerity measures imposed by a government struggling to slash its budget deficit and overcome recession. In the pre-dawn hours Wednesday, whistle-blowing picketers blocked trucks from delivering produce at the main wholesale markets in Madrid and Barcelona.
Strikers hurled eggs and screamed "scabs" at drivers trying to leave a garage housing city buses in Madrid. This is Spain's first general strike since 2002 and marks a bitter split in the close relationship between unions and Spain's Socialist government. (AP)
