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Acocks Green strike
23 March 1974
There was no production yesterday at British Leyland's Rover engine factory at Acocks Green, Birmingham. About 800 workers walked out complaining about too frequent lay-offs resulting from a strike by inspectors at Alvis, Coventry. A Rover spokesman said the Alvis strikers had agreed to resume on Monday and it was hoped to make a full recall of men laid off.
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