Cowley strike
2 May 1962
DAILY EXPRESS
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Five hundred British Motor Corporation assembly workers at Morris Motors, Oxford, were sent home yesterday because of a strike by 10 men in the paint shop over a piece work dispute. The 10 say they are losing 30s. a week because their job had been re-timed.
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