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8th September 1978
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iSI RANCES from Peugeottr en that it has a good co ery ahead of it have il to stop 2,500 Chrysler in table workers from going it n strike last Friday.

A CM went to press, a sler spokesman rn ented that talks were on aimed at solving the sp te which has ..7'topped all o• ction of lorries and vans t e plant.

T e men are demanding iri y with workers in the hr sler car plants in the id ands which they were ised in 1972. The award as then deferred to 1975, n e when the company, )u d by the Government's iy code, has been unable to T ey also want overtime Lt. increased to those pre valent in the Dunstable area — arid it is thought to be this part of the claim which is the easiest to solve.

Differentials are also involved ih the dispute, which has already been referred to the Government's Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration service, which has not yet come up with a solution. Now it is scheduled to go before the Central Arbitration Committee on September 26.

Chrysler was given 10 days' notice of the men's intention to strike and when that expired last week they walked out. The company spokesman added that until now the Chrysler Dunstable plant had one of the best industrial relations records in the industry. "It is a very sad place at the moment," he said.