Archive for January, 1975
Archive : Grim Threat For Car Men
DAILY MIRROR By Alan Law A tough warning was being sent to 16,000 car workers by British Leyland last night. Letters will tell them bluntly that the strike by 250 engine tuners is preventing their plant at Cowley, Oxford, reaching its survival budget. Further losses caused by the strike—which has cut production by a fifth [...]
January 23, 1975
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Archive : The Triumph TR7 is launched
The Times writes The TR7 represents an investment of £11m and is being built at the Triumph factory at Speke, near Liverpool. The eventual production target is between 60,000 and 70,000 cars a year. DAILY EXPRESS QUOTES Lord Stokes in London: “We want to see the TR7 earn a lot of money in America. It [...]
January 20, 1975
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Archive : Sir Don visits the car makers
From David Leigh, Cowley, Oxford Sir Don Ryder, notoriously early riser and the man entrusted by the Government with an analysis of the financial trouble at British Leyland drove to the Cowley motor plant at Oxford early yesterday morning. His visit was not a suitable occasion for publicity, British Leyland said, and forbade journalists to [...]
January 17, 1975
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Archive : Short time for 7000 at Jaguar
By Clifford Webb British Leyland is introducing short time working for 7000 manual workers at two Jaguar car plants in Coventry. From Monday it will be operating a four day week which is likely to continue for two months. The night shift is also being reduced from four to three shifts. But Mr Geoffrey Robinson, [...]
January 17, 1975
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Archive : BLMC workers warned that only improved efficiency can save jobs
By Clifford Webb Mr John Barber, managing director of British Leyland, yesterday warned 415 delegates representing the corporation’s 165,000 United Kingdom workers that only improved efficiency by managers and shop floor workers alike could save their jobs in the crisis facing the motor industry. He said: “If we can step up production performance and general [...]
January 11, 1975
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Archive : Cowley keeps to 80% output despite strike
By R. W. Shakespeare With car production continuing at about 80 per cent of normal levels at British Leyland’s Austin-Morris plant at Cowley, Oxford, yesterday in spite of the renewed strike by 250 engine tuners, the management announced that all 12,000 production workers on the day and night shifts were being asked to report for [...]
January 11, 1975
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Archive : Cowley men, keep line going despite tuners’ vote
By R. W. Shakespeare Production at British Leyland’s huge Austin-Morris car plant at Cowley, Oxford, continued yesterday and seems likely to do so again today in spite of a decision by 250 key engine tuners to resume their strike over a grading dispute. The strike vote at an early morning meeting yesterday was carried by [...]
January 10, 1975
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Archive : 12,000 May Be Laid Off Again At Leyland
GLASGOW HERALD About 12,000 Austin Morris workers at British Leyland’s Cowley plant are expected to be laid off again today because of a breakdown in talks on the engine tuners status dispute. Mr Pat Lowry, the company’s industrial relations director, said last night the situation did not look hopeful. During talks lasting six hours at [...]
January 9, 1975
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Archive : Mr Benn invites unions’ help in ending trouble at Leyland
by Paul Routledge Labour Editor The Government yesterday launched a move to get trade unionists fully involved in the financial rescue of British Leyland. At talks between Mr WedgWood Benn and leaders of the Confederation of shipbuilding and Engineering Unions, the Secretary of State for Industry put to the unions four points on which he [...]
January 7, 1975
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Archive : Wilson issues ultimatum to car strikers
THE GUARDIAN By IAN AITKEN, Political Correspondent The Prime Minister last night issued,a grim challenge to British Leyland car workers to end their appalling record of strikes and industrial disruption or face the possibility that the Government might be forced to drop its massive programme of State investment designed to rescue their firm from disaster. [...]
January 4, 1975
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Archive : Leyland accelerated in great sales race
DAILY EXPRESS By David Benson British Leyland launch an “off the shelf” assault on the home car market today in an attempt to regain sales lost during 1974 to foreign cars. Managing director of the firm’s Austin Morris division. Mr Keith Hopkins, said yesterday: “People have not been prepared to wait two or three months [...]
January 3, 1975
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