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Spain's truckers strike expands, prompting food shortages

Truck drivers protest against the rise of fuel prices and against their working conditions with a slow march along the B-20 road, in Barcelona, Spain, March 21, 2022. REUTERS/Albert Gea

Three Spanish truckers unions on Tuesday dismissed a government aid package and joined a spontaneous one-week strike against rising fuel prices that is likely to aggravate a shortage of food products in supermarkets across the country.

The three truckers unions opted to join the strike after they decided a 500 million euro ($550.45 million) government support package offered on Monday was vague and not enough to compensate for the soaring price of diesel.

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