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Workers at flooring factory in Manchester wins bumper pay rise
WORKERS at a flooring factory in Manchester have won a bumper pay rise after taking strike action.
More than 120 members of general union GMB at Polyflor at Whitefields launched a series of two-day strikes over pay on September 1.
They have accepted a wage increase of 9 per cent, plus a £1,320 lump sum after rejecting an original 2 per cent rise.
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