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Jaguar strikers go back
9 April 1970
DAILY EXPRESS
Five hundred assembly men who have been on strike at the Jaguar plant in Coventry voted yesterday to return to work today. All vehicle production at Rover's Solihull, Warwickshire, factory remained at a standstill because of an unofficial strike by 450 storemen and drivers.
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