Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Vakadzi vakabatanidzwa muUGT mukati memakore e1930, vachitamba mabasa anokosha muzviitiko zvakadai seAsturian miners' strike ye1934. Kurova kwacho kwaiva kumwe kwokutanga kunetsana kukuru kweRepublic yeChipiri, apo masoja evashandi akatora kutonga kwemigodhi muAsturias
. Pakutanga rakarongwa sorusando rwenyika yose, chiito chavose chavashandi chakaitika chaizvoizvo muAsturias bedzi. Vamwe vakadzi vaibatanidzwa mukushambadzira uye vamwe mukubetsera vashandi vomumugodhi. Pashure pokunge hurumende yapedza kupandukira nokuunza varwi veMoroccan, vanhu vanenge 30 000 vakazviwana vari mutorongo uye vamwe 1 000 vakaiswa mumakuva. Pakati pavakadzi veUGT vakapinda mukuramwa basa pakanga pana María Lacrampe, uyo akanga abatana nesangano muna 1932.