Month: May 1971

British Leyland car production was severely reduced yesterday by strikes in its Triumph and Austin Morris subsidiaries. Some 3,300 men were idle and several assembly lines at a standstill. All […]

Production of British Leyland’s new Morris Marina car was still halted last night following another walkout at Cowley, Oxford, by the 80 maintenance workers who had ended a five-day strike […]

By Clifford Webb Midland Industrial Correspondent British Leyland is making hurried changes in the model mix of the production line of the new Morris Marina following reports from dealers indicating […]

By Our Industrial Staff The 80 maintenance workers on strike at British Leyland’s Cowley plant met yesterday and obeyed union instructions to call off their unofficial stoppage from Monday. The […]

Bv R. W. Shakespeare The 80 maintenance workers whose unofficial strike has stopped all car production at British Leyland’s Austin-Morris car plant at Cowley, Oxford, will be told today that […]

Production of British Leyland’s new Morris Marina was at a standstill last night following a strike by 80 maintenance fitters and their mates at the group’s Cowley, Oxford, plant. A […]

A further 500 A.E.C. workers were laid off yesterday because of the bonus dispute at the British Leyland truck subsidiary’s main plant at Southall, Middlesex. The latest batch, at the […]

Two separate disputes are affecting production at the Triumph factories at Speke, Liverpool, where 1,100 men are on strike or laid off. The plant resumed production on Monday after a […]

British Leyland claimed yesterday that they had sold 20,000 of their new Marina range in the week since it was launched. In addition, orders from hire and fleet users for […]

Back To Work Strikes at two car plants on Merseyside ended yesterday, although production at one of them , the Triumph factory at Speke , will not be back to […]

By Clifford Webb Midland Industrial Correspondent Now that the ADO 28 has been translated into British Leyland’s Morris Marina a new factory code name has moved to the head of […]