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4200 Laid Off In BMC Strike

9 February 1968

DAILY MIRROR

A pay strike by maintenance electricians led to 4200 cars workers being laid off at BMC’s Longbridge factory in Birmingham yesterday.

This was the third time in sixteen days that action by the electricians has hit production at the plant.

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