
Archive : Hardy Spicer
Two thousand men are on strike at Hardy Spicer over the dismissal of a shop steward, Mr F. Troth, whom the firm accuse of misconduct. The firm make propeller-shafts for […]
Two thousand men are on strike at Hardy Spicer over the dismissal of a shop steward, Mr F. Troth, whom the firm accuse of misconduct. The firm make propeller-shafts for […]
FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT BIRMINGHAM, FEB. 25 The management at the Birmingham car accessory firm of Hardy Spicer Ltd., where the strike of 2,000 employees is threatening the jobs of many […]
FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT BIRMINGHAM, FEB. 24 More than 3,000 men were laid off at British Motor Corporation factories today as production was affected by the strike of 2,000 workers at […]
At Jaguar Cars Ltd., 500 employees had to be sent home after five men in the paint shop had walked out. The management said that negotiations could not take place […]
Standard Triumph International announced last night that their offer, worth over £500,000. for the Ordinary share capital of Alforder Newton, had been accepted by all the Ordinary shareholders. Alforder Newton […]
JAGUAR MEMO Chairman Sir William Lyons to Technical Director William Heynes on the 3.4 litre MK2 saloon the former test drove. “I do not believe there has been sufficient time […]
A settlement was announced on Saturday of the three-week-old strike by 39 sheet metal workers at the Rover Motor Company’s factory at Clay Lane, Coventry. The men went on strike […]
GLASGOW HERALD There was still deadlock yesterday in the two week old strike of 39 sheet metal workers in the Coventry branch works of the Rover Motor Company , Solihull […]
Between 1,800 and 2,000 workers at the Rover car factory at Solihull, near Birmingham, were laid off last night for the second time in a fortnight because of disruption of […]
The strike by members of the National Union of Vehicle Builders at Motor Panels, Ltd., Coventry, which has affected vehicle production at the Coventry factories of Bristol Siddeley and Standard-Triumph, […]
FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT LIVERPOOL, FEB. 9 It was announced at Speke, Liverpool, today that the Standard-Triumph Group are to spend £11m. on new works on Merseyside. The scheme, part of […]
SECOND DISPUTE IN WEEK A second strike in a week hit production at the Birmingham car body building factory of Mulliners Ltd, yesterday. About 300 vehicle builders stopped work after […]
After a two-week disruption of production estimated to have caused the loss of £12m. in turnover and about 25,000 vehicles, British Motor Corporation employees will be getting back to work […]
FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT BIRMINGHAM, FEB. 3 Only one car of the British Motor Corporation range, the Wolseley 6/99 remains in production and nearly 32,000 of the corporation’s 56,000 labour […]
Home News FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT BIRMINGHAM, FEB. 2 One of the three strikes that have paralysed much of the Midland car industry was settled today. The 800 vehicle builders […]
FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT BIRMINGHAM, FEB. 1 Production by three of the ” Big Six” British motor manufacturers was today crippled by strikes-official and unofflcial-in which more than 31,000 workers […]
FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT COVENTRY, JAN. 31 Two thousand car production workers have been laid off indefinitely by Standard-Triumph at Coventry because of a strike by 600 National Union of Vehicle […]
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