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Strikes settled
23 October 1962
THE GUARDIAN
Back to normal
Normal production was resumed at Burman and Sons, a car components factory at King's Norton , Birmingham, yesterday, with the return of 800 workers, who voted on Friday to end their four-day strike. At Jaguar's , of Coventry, 1,500 men laid off on Friday as a result of the Burman strike were also back at work yesterday.
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