MORE than 1,500 British Aerospace workers threw out a peace formula aimed at solving their 18-week-long dispute.

Only 10 employees from the Samlesbury plant voted in favour of the 37-hour, four day week offer recommended by union officials at a highly-charged meeting in King George's Hall, Blackburn.

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