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Month: May 1962

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Archive : BMC strike – offer accepted

30 May 1962 Keith Adams 0

B.M.C. Strike Ends: Offer Accepted FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT BIRMINGHAM, MAY 29 The British Motor Corporation strike ended today when 55 electricians who stopped work a fortnight ago at the group’s […]

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Archive : 500 defy pickets at BMC works

29 May 1962 Keith Adams 0

500 Defy Pickets At B.M.C. Works FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT BIRMINGHAM, MAY 28 In spite of strong picket lines around the British Motor Corporation’s tractor and transmissions factory at Birmingham today […]

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Archive : Electricians at BMC to stay out

26 May 1962 Keith Adams 0

Electricians At B.M.C. To Stay Out From Our Correspondent BIRMINGHAM, MAY 25 After meetings today of men from the British Motor Corporation’s tractor and transmissions factory at Birmingham, where 55 […]

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Archive : BMC ‘Held To Ransom’

24 May 1962 Keith Adams 0

B.M.C. “Held To Ransom” From Our Correspondent BIRMINGHAM, MAY 23 The British Motor Corporation, facing,”strangulation” at two of its largest factories in Birmingham and Oxford, issued an official statement today […]

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Archive : Oxford Facing Stoppage

23 May 1962 Keith Adams 0

Oxford Facing Stoppage FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT OXFORD, MAY 22 All car assembly at Morris Motors, Oxford, will be brought to a standstill by Thursday morning, and more than 3,000 workers […]

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Archive : Austin Plant To Stop Today

21 May 1962 Keith Adams 0

Austin Plant To Stop Today From Our Correspondent BIRMINGHAM, MAY 21 All car production at the British Motor Corporation’s Austin factory at Longbridge will stop tomorrow morning, and 4,600 workers […]

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Archive : Jaguar protest over stoppages

21 May 1962 Keith Adams 0

THE GUARDIAN JAGUAR PROTEST OVER STOPPAGES Effect on exports In a protest over a strike of 400 trim shop workers which has halted car assembly a spokesman for Jaguar Cars […]

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Archive : Strikes stop BMC and Jaguar

19 May 1962 Keith Adams 0

STRIKES STOP BMC WORKS Jaguar men out The threat to car production in the Midlands grew yesterday with strikes at two BMC subsidiary factories in Birmingham, a second walk-out at […]

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Archive : Jaguar dispute

18 May 1962 Keith Adams 0

THE GUARDIAN Jaguar Dispute About 850 assembly workers at the Coventry factory of Jaguar Cars Ltd. were sent home yesterday after a walk-out by 400 trim shop employees over a […]

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Archive : Walkout at Jaguar

10 May 1962 Keith Adams 0

WALKOUT STOPS JAGUAR FACTORY Production stopped at the Coventry factory of Jaguar Cars yesterday when 700 day workers walked out on strike protesting over the progress on a wage claim […]

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Archive : BMC appointments

9 May 1962 Keith Adams 0

The British Motor Corporation announces the following further appointments: Mr C. W. Baker, home marketing coordinator of the corporation becomes manager of home market coordination. Mr W. H. Hooper, commercial […]

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Archive : business changes

8 May 1962 Keith Adams 0

Business Changes Three key home sales appointments are announced by the British Motor Corporation as a consequence of the retirement of Mr Donald Harrison as director of home sales. Mr […]

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Archive : Cowley back to work

3 May 1962 Keith Adams 0

BACK TO NORMAL AT COWLEY WORKS Work was back to normal yesterday at the Morris Motor factory at Cowley. Oxford, after Tuesday’s strike by 10 paint shop workers who complained […]

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Archive : Cowley strike

2 May 1962 Keith Adams 0

DAILY EXPRESS 500 CAR MEN IDLE Five hundred British Motor Corporation assembly workers at Morris Motors, Oxford, were sent home yesterday because of a strike by 10 men in the […]

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