AROUND 200 shopfloor workers walked out of a tufting machinery company after two colleagues were sent home.
The workers at Cobble Blackburn Ltd were involved in a long-running dispute over pay, and had agreed not to fill in time cards for jobs.
The walk-out came after two workers refused to fill in cards and were sent home.
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