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Archive : AEC lay off 3000 at their Southall plant
Production of trucks and buses at the British Leyland AEC Southall factory came to a stand-still last night when 3,000 workers, almost the entire labour force, were laid off. Supplies […]
Month: June 1971
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Archive : Go-slow on Marina sales
British Leyland has told its 1,800 Morris distributors and dealers to ease the sales pressure on the new Marina during the next six weeks while it reduces the backlog of […]
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Archive : The Thoughts of Chairman Stokes
THE GUARDIAN IAN BREACH interviews LORD STOKES Safety: British or American standards? ‘All I know is, which car I would rather be in driving if there was any tricky situation […]
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Archive : Foremen at BLMC to operate ban on overtime
Leaders of 3500 foremen in British Leyland’s Austin-Morris division last night rejected a pay offer and announced an overtime ban from July 1. All 16 plants in the division may […]
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Archive : Marina delays are increasing
With orders for the new Morris Marina estimated to have exceeded 60,000, while only between 12,000 and 14,000 have been made, British Leyland is already suffering some embarrassment over delivery […]
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Archive : Longbridge men end strike but Cowley still idle: more talks today
The British Leyland Austin- Morris plant at Longbridge, Birmingham, was returning to normal late last night after 200 maintenance men, who had been on strike, decided to return to work. […]
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Archive : More than 6000 idle in Cowley plant stoppage
More than 6,100 car workers at Cowley are now idle because of a strike by 147 skilled workers at the Austin-Morris car assembly plant at Cowley. Discussions which were to […]
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Archive : Cowley strike again holds up Marina production
Production of British Leyland’s Morris Marina was at a standstill yesterday for the second time in recent weeks because of a strike by maintenance workers at the Cowley, Oxford, assembly […]