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Strike called off
11 June 1959
STRIKE CALLED OFF
FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT
BIRMINGHAM, JUNE 10
Production is expected to be back to normal tomorrow at the British Motor Corporation's Nuffield Metal Products factory, Washwood Heath, Birmingham where the 2,500 workers were laid off on Tuesday because of a strike of 220 press workers.
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