Izar shipyard workers create a burning blockade during a protest in Sestao, near Bilbao.
Izar shipyard workers create a burning blockade during a protest in Sestao, near Bilbao, northern Spain, September 23, 2004.Izar workers have staged protests throughout the country over the past week. Unrest among the 11,000 workers of Izar has presented the five-month-old Socialist government with the challenge of modernising the loss-making firm and saving jobs without violating European Union rules on state aid. REUTERS/Vincent West VPW/DL