600 Workers Dismissed From Tractor Factory
- LONDON, August 19—The Standard Motor Company announced yesterday the dismissal of 600 workers from the tractor branch of its Coventry works. The workers were told at a mass meeting that the dismissals would continue at the rate of 150 a week.
Sir John Black, the managing-dir-ector, said that currency difficulties made the dismissals necessary. He said: “There is a sterling hold-up in London.” He added that a reduction of the output of tractors was bound to affect firms supplying raw materials.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 20 August 1949, Page 5
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