Month: May 1963

HOME NEWS From Our Correspondent COVENTRY, MAY 27 Two Coventry factories, Jaguar Cars, Ltd. and Standard-Triumph International, Ltd., both big dollar earners with bulging order books, were at a standstill […]

DECISION TODAY AT STANDARD’S FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT COVENTRY, MAY 26 A meeting of 260 maintenance men and internal transport drivers at Standard-Triumph International, Coventry, tomorrow will determine whether the plant […]

FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT OXFORD, MAY 26 An unofficial strike by 206 skilled men at the Pressed Steel Company, Oxford, which has caused 4,500 of their fellow workers to be laid […]

DAILY MIRROR A new strike hit the troubled car industry yesterday .  And as a result more than 6,000 men were idle by last night. The strike began before lunch […]

FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT LLANELLI, MAY 24 The unofficial strike at Morris Motors plant at Llanelli ended tonight when the 2,200 men decided to return on Monday. The factory has been […]

About 1,000 rnen in the assembly shop at Morris Motors, Oxford, were sent home yesterday because of a shortage of parts caused by an unofficial strike at the Morris radiators […]

STRIKE HALTS CAR PARTS FACTORY FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT, LLANELLI. MAY 22 Production at the Morris Motors factory here was brought to a standstill today when more than 2,000 men, mostly […]

FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT OXFORD. MAY 16 A strike by 1,000 workers at the radiators branch of Morris Motors at Oxford is threatening British Motor Corporation car production. Production workers today […]

FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT BIRMINGHAM. MAY 14 In June a man who was a shop steward and is now an official of the Transport and General Workers’ Union will become personnel […]

FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT OXFORD, MAY 13 The 14 women employees at the Morris Motors radiators branch canteen at Oxford who have been on strike since Tlhursday have won their fight […]

FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT OXFORD, MAY 10 A management spokesman at Morris Motors’ cars branch at Oxford today described as “ludicrous.” strikes which have closed the factory two nights this week. […]

The British Motor Corporation announces the appointment of Mr. H. J. Graves as deputy chairman of the British Motor Corporation (Australia) Pty. with effect from August 1. Mr. R. L. […]

FROM OUR MOTORING CORRESPONDENT Production of the Morris 1100 saloon at the British Motor Corporation’s Longbridge plant has reached 3,750 a week, and is expected to be 4,500 a week […]

FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT OXFORD, MAY 3 Normal working was resumed today at Morris Motors, Cowley, after a two- day stoppage of paint shop workers which brought production to a stand- […]

DAILY MIRROR Two dozen women yesterday decided it was too cold for work in the Jaguar car factory… And as a result 650 men workers had to be sent home […]

FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT OXFORD. MAY 2 Production lines at the Morris Motors works at Cowley, Oxford, were stopped for the second day running today because of the unofficial strike in […]

FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT OXFORD. MAY. 1 The assembly lines at Morris Motors, Cowley, were halted again today as a result of stoppages in the paint shops by men on the […]