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Wellingborough wage disputes
7 October 1974
Coventry wage rates also figure largely in a dispute at British Leyland's plant at Wellingborough in Northamptonshire. Five hundred workers who walked out on Friday over a wage claim are due to meet today to discuss their next move. They are claiming "comparable earnings" with BLMC workers at Coventry and Birmingham.
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