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Virtually all public sector unions had called for new demonstrations as the government announced a further 65 billion cuts to prepare for a European stimulus package, whilst also announcing increases in VAT rates. Among the cuts is the Christmas bonus, a real pay cut of up to 7% for some workers. When various demonstrations came together at Madrid’s Puerta del Sol and news arrived that the riot police had been orderd to disperse the demonstration, protesters barricaded surrounding streets by setting on fire plastic bins. Violent clashes followed with the police shooting rubber bullets and protesters throwing rocks and bottles; at least six protesters were injured.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>English:  http:\u002F\u002Fwww.thejakartaglobe.com\u002Fafp\u002Fpolice-fire-rubber-bullets ... http:\u002F\u002Fwww.uniglobalunion.org\u002FApps\u002Funi.nsf ...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp> \u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp class=\"discreet\">\u003Cspan class=\"discreet\">\u003Cem>This article was published in the Collective Bargaining Newsletter. It aims to facilitate information exchange between trade unions and to support the work of ETUC's collective bargaining committee.\u003C\u002Fem> For more information, please contact the editor Jan Cremers, Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Labour Studies (AIAS) \u003Ca href=\"mailto:cbn-aias@uva.nl\">cbn-aias@uva.nl\u003C\u002Fa> or the communications officer at the ETUI, Mariya Nikolova \u003Ca href=\"mailto:mnikolova@etui.org\">mnikolova@etui.org\u003C\u002Fa>. All rights reserved. The ETUI is not responsible for the content of external internet sites.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp class=\"discreet\">\u003Cspan class=\"discreet\">\u003Cem> For previous issues of the \u003C\u002Fem>\u003Cem>Collective bargaining newsletter, please visit \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.etui.org\u002FE-Newsletters\u002FCollective-bargaining-newsletter\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">http:\u002F\u002Fwww.etui.org\u002FE-Newsletters\u002FCollective-bargaining-newsletter\u003C\u002Fa>. You may find further information on the ETUI at \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.etui.org\u002F\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">www.etui.org\u003C\u002Fa>, and on the AIAS at \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.uva-aias.net\u002F\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">www.uva-aias.net\u003C\u002Fa>. © ETUI aisbl, Brussels 2012. 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