Strikers all but halted road, rail and air services in Spain on Thursday as part of a one-day general strike against austerity measures imposed by Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy’s recently elected conservative government. Nine people were injured and at least 58 arrested, according to the Interior Ministry.

Rajoy’s reforms are designed to save tens of billions of euros amid an ongoing economic crisis, but it is unclear how the effort will reduce Spanish unemployment, which is the highest in the EU.

Follow The Guardian’s rolling coverage of the strike here. –ARK