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Pickets in action at Manchester factory in dispute over pay
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PICKETS were in action today at a Manchester factory in a dispute over pay.
Polyflor at Whitefields in Manchester produces floor coverings at three sites: in Whitefields, Oldham and Tyneside.
More than 120 Whitefields workers are members of GMB, but the other two sites are not unionised.
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