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Archive : Jobs – Takeovers Without Tears
DAILY MIRROR By Robert Head A Britain feverish with takeover talk and fear of redundancy is treated today to a soothing message from a tycoon. In his first yearly report, […]
Month: January 1969
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Archive : Jaguar at a standstill
THE GUARDIAN Normal work will be resumed tomorrow at Jaguar Cars, Coventry, where 700 workers in a wages dispute last week stopped all car assembly. More than seven hundred others […]
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Archive : Coventry’s car plants come to a full stop
DAILY MIRROR By PAUL CONNEW Car production in Coventry — Britain’s major motor city — was brought to a complete standstill by strikes yesterday. Not a single car was turned […]
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Archive : Super Jag Is Hit By Strike
DAILY MIRROR A wildcat strike stopped work yesterday on the new XJ6 ” super ” Jaguar car. Workers assembling the XJ6 at Coventry walked out—defying advice from shop stewards and […]
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Archive : A new peace plan for 200 Rover strikers
DAILY MIRROR Proposals for a return to work will be put to 200 Rover assembly workers today. The men went on strike on Monday after being asked to do the […]
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Archive : Austin dealers to market Leyland’s new 1500
CLIFFORD WEBB The most sought after prize in British Leyland’s huge retail network, the marketing of the new 1500 saloon, the first completely new car to come out of the […]
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Archive : British Leyland honoured
BLMC – In the new year honours list Sir Donald Stokes is given a peerage to become Lord Stokes of Leyland. DAILY EXPRESS SHORTAGE OF PARTS HALTS ROVERS Rover 2000 […]