
Archive : Leyland lays off another 1700
By CLIFFORD WEBB Production problems worsened at British Leyland plants yesterday with a further 1,700 men laid off because of the cumulative effect of strikes at outside suppliers. More than […]
By CLIFFORD WEBB Production problems worsened at British Leyland plants yesterday with a further 1,700 men laid off because of the cumulative effect of strikes at outside suppliers. More than […]
By CLIFFORD WEBB Midland Industrial Correspondent Assembly lines at three British Leyland plants were not working yesterday because of strikes that have caused nearly 6,000 men to be laid off […]
British Leyland plans to expand its production of Minis in Spain and to export from there to the rest of Europe. In the growing Continental market for British Leyland cars, […]
The shortage of windscreen glass has already brought the Jaguar plant in Coventry the standstill. making 1,700 workers idle, and Rover has laid off 1,700 workers at its Solihull assembly […]
End Of The Minor The Morris Minor saloon is to be phased out of production at the end of this year, British Leyland Motor Corporation announced yesterday. But the Minor […]
DAILY EXPRESS By David Jack Europe’s most wanted cars came to a halt on the assembly lines last night. REASON: A crippling; shortage of glass caused by the unofficial strike […]
THE GUARDIAN By GEOFFREY WHITELEY, Northern Labour Correspondent Workers will be laid off at two Midlands car plants today because of production difficulties created by the unofficial strike which has […]
DAILY EXPRESS Five hundred assembly men who have been on strike at the Jaguar plant in Coventry voted yesterday to return to work today. All vehicle production at Rover’s Solihull, […]
THE GUARDIAN AUSTIN’S ANACHRONISM Eric Dymock tests the Austin 3-litre Depending on your criteria for style, you may describe the Austin 3-litre as functional, or plain, or perhaps an architectural […]
THE GUARDIAN By Anthony Harris While the motor industry continues to hope for some relief in the Budget, the situation with ten days to go is that many models are […]
Lord Stokes, chairman of British Leyland, yesterday met leaders of 40,000 white-collar workers as part of his plan to improve labour relations within his car empire. National officers of the […]
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