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Rover news
17 August 1979
THE GUARDIAN
ROVER NEWS
A Leyland car factory was crippled yesterday when 120 men went on strike because they were not being paid for putting on and taking off their overalls. Their walkout halted production at the Rover assembly plant in Solihull, where 2,400 men were laid off indefinitely.
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