Red WeeklyRed Weekly No. 18, 14 September 1973Talks break down at Adwest
Red Weekly No. 18, 14 September 1973 · p. 2 of the scan · 127 words
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Resumed negotiations over the future of the occupied Adwest Engineering plant in Reading broke down again on Monday.
The workers occupied the factory over three weeks ago after management began to transfer production to a new plant in Sunderland. By such a move, involving massive redundancies and eventual closure of the factory, management could hope to take advantage of the soaring price of land in Reading to make a killing on the site.
Management had hurriedly called for a new round of talks after pressure from customers who rely on Adwest for power steering gears. Red Weekly 14 September Page 2 Chief among these are Lansing-Bagnall, who it is believed may have to lay off some 400 workers at their Basingstoke plant if the dispute