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Grovewood, kitchens, Tipton

D-EXP/P/I41/144 20 May 1985 Wolverhampton Archives

The factory was due to close. TheFurniture Timber and Allied Trades Union and Len Buckingham are mentioned.

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The Villiers Engineering Co., Ltd., Wolverhampton

D-EXP/P/I30/142 22 Jun 1965 Wolverhampton Archives

The Transport & General Workers Union announced that nearly 500 workers were facing redundancy. The Ministry of Labour is mentioned.

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Fafnir Bearings Ltd, Wolverhampton

D-EXP/P/I33/4 15 Jun 1978 Wolverhampton Archives

400 workers to lose their jobs. Hednesford is mentioned, and in the photograph from left are union leaders Ted Cooper, George Large and Arthur Gullick.

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Rubery Owen, car components plant, Darlaston

D-EXP/P/I36/70 4 Dec 1976 Wolverhampton Archives

Strike negotiations over pay. The photograph shows shop stewards leaving Transport House, West Bromwich, with Transport and General Workers Union official Brian Mathers (right)

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Boulton Paul Aircraft, Ltd., Fordhouses, Wolverhampton

D-EXP/P/I39/107 15 May 1968 Wolverhampton Archives

Workers at the firm supported the national one-day strike in support of an all round wage increase and better holidays. The Engineering Employers Federation is mentioned.

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Carpet Products, Kidderminster

D-EXP/P/I40/78 3 Sep 1975 Wolverhampton Archives

Workers decided to defer a pay rise in order to help the firm. The Carpet Trades Union is mentioned, and the photograph shows Eddie Evans shaking hands with David Grimes.

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Marsh and Baxters, bacon and sausage factory, Brierley Hill

D-EXP/P/I35/27 13 Sep 1978 Wolverhampton Archives

The factory was due to be closed. Christopher Harvey, the Dudley and District Chamber of Commerce, Jim Payne, and the Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers are mentioned.