Rover car men back to work
16 October 1970
Production of strike-hit Rover 2000 and 3500 saloons at Solihull , Warwicks, will be resumed on Monday, and 1,400 laid-off workers
recalled, a company spokesman said yesterday.
The strike, which was over a pay claim last week, at the firm's Acock's Green, Birmingham, factory, was resolved yesterday and
their 450 laid-off workers were recalled.
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