Month: October 1962

Disputes End At Two Car Factories The strike at a car components factory which threatened production in the Midlands motor industry ended yesterday when the 800 strikers decided to return […]

Strike Halts Car Production FROM OUR MIDLAND CORRESPONDENT BIRMINGHAM, OCT. 17 Rover’s Solihull production line was at a standstill today because of an unofficial strike. About 1,700 Rover men were […]

Call For Halt In B.M.C. Expansion FROM OUR MIDLAND CORRESPONDENT BIRMINGHAM, OCT. 11 A call for a halt in the British Motor Corporation’s £49m. development plan was made by shop […]

Car Delivery Men Go Back FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT COVENTRY. Oct. 7 The three-day-old strike by 300 Coventry car delivery drivers which threatened production at the city’s three main factories-Rootes, Jaguar, […]

Threat To 20,000 Vehicle Jobs FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT COVENTRY, Oct. 5 With the news today that 20,000 car workers may lose their jobs if the strike of 300 Coventry car […]

JAGUAR TALKS FAIL Two days of talks between management, union officials and shop stewards at Jaguars’ Coventry factory, where 6.000 workers went on strike on Monday, failed to reach agreement. […]

Jaguar Men Vote To Return FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT COVENTRY, Oct. 2 A mass meeting today of the 6,000 employees of Jaguar Cars, Ltd., Coventry, whose strike action yesterday brought car […]

THE GUARDIAN Nearly 7,000 idle at two car factories TROUBLE OVER MAN’S DISMISSAL BY OUR OWN REPORTER A dispute between an operator and a foreman , which ended in a […]

This MG Has A Big Heart By Patrick Mennem A compact car with big car comfort and performance. That’s the MG 1100, the latest model – announced today – from […]

6,000 On Strike At Jaguar Factory FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT COVENTRY, OCT. 1 Six thousand men went on strike at the factory of Jaguar Cars Ltd here today and production was […]