The BLSP dispute: the story of the strike - Ken Weller

Rootes Group factory in Coventry, 1960s

Rootes Group factory in Coventry, 1960s

A detailed account and analysis of an important strike at the British Light Steel Pressings plant against job cuts in 1961, which was undermined by the unions and eventually defeated.

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