Archive for March, 1973
Archive : Cowley men vote to end stoppage
By R. W. Shakespeare Northern Industrial Correspondent After eight days of disruption during which up to 10,000 workers have been made idle and car production worth more than £9m has been lost, British Leyland appears to have won its battle to use industrial engineers for work measurement and work study projects at its Austin Morris [...]
March 29, 1973
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Archive : Cowley plant to vote today
By R. W. Shakespeare A mass meeting of workers at the huge British Leyland Austin-Morris car plant at Cowley, Oxford, will be voting today on whether or not to support a shop stewards’ campaign to impose a complete ban on the use of industrial engineers by management to carry out work study schemes. The meeting [...]
March 28, 1973
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Archive : Cowley outcome crucial for British Leyland
Why car unions are taking a strong line over ‘stop-watch overseers’ By Clifford Webb The week-old strike which has shut British Leyland’s Cowley car plant is potentially the most dangerous since the 1971 confrontation over the change from piece work to a flat day rate. The outcome could have repercussions throughout the entire group. The [...]
March 26, 1973
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Archive : 10,000 idle at Cowley plant after shop stewards thwart return to work by strikers
Two thousand British Leyland car workers yesterday defied their shop stewards and returned to work at the Cowley plant. This has been at a standstill for three days following the introduction of industrial engineers to carry out work measurement and other studies. The defiance was short-lived. Shop stewards persuaded one or two sections of the [...]
March 24, 1973
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Archive : Cowley strike spreads
The situation deteriorated at British Leyland’s Cowley complex where 8,000 men are refusing to work while industrial engineers are in the assembly plant. A further 2400 men were laid off yesterday in the adjoining body factory. Management at Cowley where Morris Marinas and Maxis are produced insist that the strikers are in breach of an [...]
March 23, 1973
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Archive : Strike at Cowley
A strike with serious long term implications for British Leyland has stopped all car production at Austin-Morris, Cowley. Some 5,000 men walked out of the assembly plant, causing another 1,350 to be laid off in the adjoining body factory. The strikers object to the presence of industrial engineers carrying out work measurement studies. The introduction [...]
March 22, 1973
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Archive : Sir George Farmer retires
Sir George Farmer, deputy chairman of British Leyland and chairman of the Rover Triumph organization, will retire from the corporation board and from his executive responsibilities within the Rover Triumph organization in May. Mr W. H. Davis will be managing director of Rover Triumph and Mr A. B. Smith non- executive chairman.
March 15, 1973
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Archive : Jaguar to recall 5000 XJ saloons
By Clifford Webb Midland Industrial Corresoondent British Leyland are recalling 5,000 1972 and 1973 XJ6 and XJ12 saloons, together with their Daimler derivatives, for a precautionary check on steering mechanism. A Jaguar spokesman said last night: “We would emphasize that this is not as a result of a single accident or the failure of a [...]
March 13, 1973
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Archive : Project Bullet
Minutes from the Jaguar and Rover Triumph Advisory Board The latest Bullet programme analysis showed it would not be possible to obtain adequate supplies of components off production tooling in time for Method Build in October 1973 . There is an indication there may be a conflict of interest at Cowley producing tooling for Triumph [...]
March 2, 1973
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Archive : BLMC strike ends
The end of the month long pay strike by British Road Services transport drivers in the Midlands yesterday meant that British Leyland was able to recall almost all of its 15,000 car workers laid off as a result of the drivers’ stoppage. The Austin-Morris group of factories alone has lost output of some 44,000 cars [...]
March 1, 1973
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