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Strike action urged
25 July 1959
STRIKE ACTION URGED
Amalgamated Engineering Union shop stewards, representing about 2,000 workers at the Morris Motors factory at Cowley have sent a telegram urging their executive council to give immediate effect to Thursday's recommendation by representatives of 12 unions calling for a withdrawal of labour from the plant.
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