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Austin-Morris industrial issues
15 August 1974
THE GUARDIAN
AUSTIN MORRIS NEWS
Production was resumed at British Leyland's Austin-Morris factory at Longbridge, Birmingham, after a strike by 400 toolsetters and labourers. The dispute , which began when two men were suspended without pay for fighting, led to 2,500 workers being laid off. But the night shift returned on Tuesday after a peace formula had been worked out. The day shift followed .
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