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Engineers strike
18 September 1979
DAILY EXPRESS
ENGINEERS STRIKE
For British Leyland. the anti-strike revolt grew at Castle Bromwich (Birmingham) as about 3,000 workers crossed picket lines. But 12 Jaguar-Rover-Triumph factories and four Austin Morris works closed as nearly 50,000 obeyed strike instructions.
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