Archive for April, 1970
Archive : Leyland lays off another 1700
By CLIFFORD WEBB Production problems worsened at British Leyland plants yesterday with a further 1,700 men laid off because of the cumulative effect of strikes at outside suppliers. More than 7000 of the group’s labour force are idle: The lay offs yesterday were at Austin Morris, Longbridge. The men, engine workers, were sent home to [...]
April 29, 1970
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Archive : Strikes stop Leyland assembly
By CLIFFORD WEBB Midland Industrial Correspondent Assembly lines at three British Leyland plants were not working yesterday because of strikes that have caused nearly 6,000 men to be laid off in the industry. Most of the trouble was caused by the week-old drivers’ strike at Howard Tenens, a Swindon transport company that ferries body panels [...]
April 28, 1970
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Archive : Leyland Boosts Mini Output In Spain
British Leyland plans to expand its production of Minis in Spain and to export from there to the rest of Europe. In the growing Continental market for British Leyland cars, a particularly large increase is expected this year in Sweden. In cooperation with Nueva Montana Quijano, British Leyland is producing 85 Minis a day in [...]
April 20, 1970
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Archive : Pilkington Glass strike
The shortage of windscreen glass has already brought the Jaguar plant in Coventry the standstill. making 1,700 workers idle, and Rover has laid off 1,700 workers at its Solihull assembly plant. The company was also compelled yesterday to stop production of Land Rover’s because of a shortage of engine oil seals. A total of 1,000 [...]
April 18, 1970
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Archive : End of the Minor
End Of The Minor The Morris Minor saloon is to be phased out of production at the end of this year, British Leyland Motor Corporation announced yesterday. But the Minor Traveller estate car and delivery van will still be made and saloons will be available for another 12 months. One of the British motor industry’s [...]
April 18, 1970
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Archive : Glass strike stops Jaguar car men
DAILY EXPRESS By David Jack Europe’s most wanted cars came to a halt on the assembly lines last night. REASON: A crippling; shortage of glass caused by the unofficial strike of 11,000 workers at Pilkington factories in Lancashire. All work stopped at Jaguar’s giant plant in Coventry on the award-winning XJ6 and E-type models because [...]
April 17, 1970
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Achive : Pilkington glass strike
THE GUARDIAN By GEOFFREY WHITELEY, Northern Labour Correspondent Workers will be laid off at two Midlands car plants today because of production difficulties created by the unofficial strike which has halted 13 factories in the Pilkington glass group. Supplies of toughened windscreens and windows, which are running precariously low at most British car plants , [...]
April 16, 1970
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Archive : Jaguar strikers go back
DAILY EXPRESS Five hundred assembly men who have been on strike at the Jaguar plant in Coventry voted yesterday to return to work today. All vehicle production at Rover’s Solihull, Warwickshire, factory remained at a standstill because of an unofficial strike by 450 storemen and drivers.
April 9, 1970
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Archive : Austin 3 Litre road test
THE GUARDIAN AUSTIN’S ANACHRONISM Eric Dymock tests the Austin 3-litre Depending on your criteria for style, you may describe the Austin 3-litre as functional, or plain, or perhaps an architectural catastrophe. You may stretch to well proportioned or even well intentioned. But if you call it handsome you are either impressed by size or else [...]
April 6, 1970
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Archive : Car industry fails to meet demand
THE GUARDIAN By Anthony Harris While the motor industry continues to hope for some relief in the Budget, the situation with ten days to go is that many models are in short supply for home and export markets, in spite of still sluggish sales at home. This is largely, although not entirely, the result of [...]
April 4, 1970
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Archive : Stokes in talks with white collar unions
Lord Stokes, chairman of British Leyland, yesterday met leaders of 40,000 white-collar workers as part of his plan to improve labour relations within his car empire. National officers of the four major white-collar unions put forward a number of suggestions to Lord Stokes, to Barry Mackie, personnel director and Pat Lowry, director of industrial relations. [...]
April 3, 1970
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