MADRID, Feb 17 (Reuters) - Spanish police and strikers from state-owned shipbuilder Izar clashed in the southern city of Seville on Tuesday, leaving 12 policemen and three protesters injured, the government's Seville office said. Hundreds of masked workers striking for a pay rise barricaded themselves in an Izar plant and hurled rocks and home-made rockets at police in riot gear outside who eventually stormed the plant, television footage showed. Another group of Izar workers set fire to a van to block a road near Seville, while other strikers from the firm blocked a main road and a bridge close to Cadiz, another southern city, officials in both cities said. In the northwestern city of La Coruna, thousands of Izar workers marched through the streets in a peaceful protest. The increasingly violent dispute has been going on for more than a month and stems from a breakdown in negotiations over a new collective work contract for Izar employees. Last week, police fired rubber bullets and teargas to disperse thousands of striking shipbuilding workers near Cadiz who had hurled stones and blocked a bridge with burning tyres. Izar says the workers want a 6.8 percent pay rise which the firm is not in a position to grant. A spokesman for Izar said on Tuesday a meeting was taking place between firm and union representatives to try and break the deadlock. Izar, which builds both civil and military vessels, is Spain's only major shipbuilder. It delivered 11 ships last year, reducing its losses to 30 million euros ($38 million) from 120 million euros in 2002.
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