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Month: October 1962

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Archive : 7,000 Pressed Steel Men On Short Time At Cowley

30 October 1962 Keith Adams 0

7,000 Pressed Steel Men On Short Time At Cowley From our Correspondent OXFORD, OCT. 29 The Pressed Steel Company, which makes car bodies for a large section of the motor […]

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Archive : Strikes settled

23 October 1962 Keith Adams 0

THE GUARDIAN Back to normal Normal production was resumed at Burman and Sons, a car components factory at King’s Norton , Birmingham, yesterday, with the return of 800 workers, who […]

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Archive : Disputes End At Two Car Factories

20 October 1962 Keith Adams 0

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 […]

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Archive : Strike Halts Car Production

18 October 1962 Keith Adams 0

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 […]

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Archive : Call For Halt In BMC Expansion

12 October 1962 Keith Adams 0

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 […]

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Archive : Car Delivery Men Go Back

8 October 1962 Keith Adams 0

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, […]

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Archive : Threat To 20,000 Vehicle Jobs

6 October 1962 Keith Adams 0

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 […]

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Archive : Jaguar talks fail

5 October 1962 Keith Adams 0

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. […]

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Archive : Jaguar Men Vote To Return

3 October 1962 Keith Adams 0

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 […]

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Archive : Nearly 7000 idle at two car factories

2 October 1962 Keith Adams 0

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 […]

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Archive : MG1100 is launched today

2 October 1962 Keith Adams 4

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 […]

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Archive : 6000 On Strike At Jaguar Factory

2 October 1962 Keith Adams 0

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 […]

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