Archive for November, 1975
Archive : Workers occupy Milan factory after Leyland orders closure
By Piero Valsecchi, Associated Press writer MILAN, Italy (AP) – Workers occupied a Milan auto factory Wednesday after the financially troubled parent company, British Leyland, decided to close the plant and liquidate its Italian subsiduary. The 4,500 workers at the Leyland – Innocenti plant, which made Mini Morris cars, took control at the beginning of [...]
November 27, 1975
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Archive : Leyland bus and truck plants hit by walk out
By R. W. Shakespeare British Leyland has run into labour problems at its five bus and truck plants in Lancashire, where 300 foremen have walked out over what they claim is a wrong interpretation of the Government’s £6 a week pay rise policy. The foremen, who belong to the Association of Scientific and Managerial Staffs, [...]
November 26, 1975
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Archive : Car target missed, but talks fixed
By GEOFFREY WHITELEY, Labour Staff The troubles at British Leyland’s car plant at Cowley, Oxford , where the management had threatened to send employees home unless they worked harder , were steered away from confrontation and back into negotiation yesterday.The plant management said, after a day of tension and strike threats, that no one had [...]
November 24, 1975
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Archive : Mission Impossible
By Edward Laxton and Philip Mellor Work harder – or you will be sent home. That is the threat hanging over 600 British Leyland assembly-line workers at Cowley, Oxford. They have been told that unless they keep their agreement to complete 28.5 showroom-ready cars every hour, their shift will be abandoned. The first shift, which [...]
November 24, 1975
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Archive : Leyland Workers Blast The Bosses
DAILY MIRROR By Terry Pattinson and Edward Laxton Angry car workers hit back last night over the dramatic ultimatum from their bosses at British Leyland –” Work harder or you’ll be sent home.” The men accused company chiefs of incompetence—and not providing the tools for the job. But the backlash from shop stewards and union [...]
November 24, 1975
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Archive : Return to work call after Ryder censure
By R. W. Shakespeare Strong criticisms made by Lord Ryder, chairman of the National Enterprise Board, of unofficial strikers in British Leyland appear to have brought a quick response from shop stewards representing 230 workers who are involved in the latest stoppage. Yesterday, Mr Jim Mason, regional secretary of the General and Municipal Workers Union, [...]
November 22, 1975
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Archive : Leyland workers cited for ‘lack of effort’
By Clifford Webb. A hard-hitting report blaming overmanning and ” lack of effort” by workers for Leyland Cars’ failure to compete with Japanese rivals will be put before the first meetings of the British company’s new union- management committees. Another controversial finding knocks the widely held belief that Leyland plants are antiquated and its workers [...]
November 19, 1975
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Archive : Whalen – stop striking!
British Leyland’s management bluntly warned 157,000 workers yesterday that they face a bleak future unless they stop striking. Mr Geoff Whalen, personnel director, said in Leyland’s own newspaper, “This is not just an old-fashioned message of encouragement from the management. We really do want to go forward. We want to make improvements for every one [...]
November 12, 1975
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Archive : Profile of David Andrews
The 42-year-old ex-Pirelli and ex-Ford financial specialist has still to convince many of his British Leyland colleagues that his new role in the corporation is either necessary or justified by past events. Andrews is managing director of British Leyland International, which, along with Cars, Truck and Bus, and Special Products, makes up the four largely [...]
November 10, 1975
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Archive : Alex Park – Leyland’s second and last chance
AUTOCAR An exclusive interview with Edouard Seidler For months, the men of the Ryder commission had been going through the British Leyland Motor Corporation with a fine tooth comb. The company were literally bankrupt and only government intervention could save them. Lord Ryder, heading a team of experts, had been commissioned to report on the [...]
November 8, 1975
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Archive : Fresh reprieve for workers at Innocenti
From John Earle British Leyland has backed down from its ultimatum to close its Innocenti subsidiary, assembling Minis in Milan, unless it received a firm reply from the Italian government tonight on its plan to cut the labour force to 1,500. Mr David Andrews, managing director of Leyland International, said today that at a meeting [...]
November 8, 1975
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Archive : Leyland firm hit by dynamite demo
DAILY EXPRESS By Robin Stafford Rome Thursday A stick of dynamite was hurled into the Rome showroom of the Leyland-Innocenti car firm today – just before talks with the Italian Government to try to save the money-losing subsidiary of British Leyland. It was the latest and most violent protest by Italian car workers threatened with [...]
November 7, 1975
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