Workers at two Rolls-Royce factories are to go on strike over plans to move some of the production to Singapore. The company announced plans to merge its plants in Barnoldswick, Lancashire, and cut 350 jobs in August. The Unite union said its members would go on strike for three weeks from 6 November.
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