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Month: January 1972

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Archive : Strikes

30 January 1972 Keith Adams 0

THE GUARDIAN STRIKES A new dispute stopped production of 1100 and 1300 cars at the British Leyland assembly works at Longbridge , Birmingham yesterday, when engine assemblers walked out. The […]

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Archive : Piecework negotiations

29 January 1972 Keith Adams 0

Clifford Webb writes: Negotiations to end piecework at British Leyland’s Longbridge, Birmingham, car plant opened yesterday with yet another strike The latest stoppage was a direct result of the interim […]

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Archive : Switch to flat rate at Longbridge could cost £2.5m compensation

27 January 1972 Keith Adams 0

By Clifford Webb Midland Industrial Correspondent British Leyland may be called upon to make a substantial compensation payment to 12,000 manual workers at its Longbridge, Birmingham car plant to induce […]

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Archive : Leyland piecework breakthrough

26 January 1972 Keith Adams 0

By Clifford Webb British Leyland yesterday made the important breakthrough in its fight with the unions to end piece-work rates at Longbridge, near Birmingham, its biggest car plant. An immediate […]

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Archive : Rainwater strike!

25 January 1972 Keith Adams 0

Four stop work over inch of rainwater and 1,200 laid off By Clifford Webb Midlands Industrial Correspondent Four men who objected to walking through an inch of floodwater at British […]

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Archive : Strikes

24 January 1972 Keith Adams 0

British Leyland has laid off nearly 4,000 workers at its Austin-Morris plant at Longbridge, Birmingham, and the car body works at Castle Bromwich because of a strike by 134 women […]

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Archive : Women strikers in front line of a Longbridge battle

21 January 1972 Keith Adams 0

By R. W. Shakespeare Northern Industrial Correspondent The 134 women machinists at British Leyland’s Longbridge, Birmingham, car plant, whose week old strike has made nearly 4,000 car workers idle, have […]

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Archive : Car strikes lay-offs

18 January 1972 Keith Adams 0

THE GUARDIAN CAR FACTORY STRIKE LAYS OFF 3,200 Three assembly lines were stopped at the Austin-Morris factory at Longbridge, Birmingham, yesterday and 3,200 workers were laid off because of the […]

Alec Issigonis

Archive : Lord Stokes writes to Alec Issigonis

17 January 1972 Keith Adams 0

Lord Stokes writes to Sir Alec Issigonis on this day. “As you know I was away when the little ceremony took place to mark your retirement and I have, of […]

Archive

Archive : Triumph restart but car layoffs mount

17 January 1972 Keith Adams 0

By Alan Hamilton Labour Staff Production at the Triumph car body plant in Liverpool is expected to restart today following the decision by 650 workers to end their 10 day […]

Archive

Archive : BLMC export leader, says Lord Stokes as year’s profit up £28.5m

15 January 1972 Keith Adams 0

By Anthony Rowley British Leyland’s profits recovered to £32.4m in 1970-71 from £0.9m the previous year, Lord Stokes, the chairman and managing director, revealed yesterday. Sales rose by 15 per […]

Archive

Archive : More Stoppages

15 January 1972 Keith Adams 0

By Our Midland Industrial Correspondent Two of the three British Leyland Mini assembly lines and the 1800 assembly line at Austin-Morris, Longbridge, Birmingham, shut down last night and 3,200 workers […]

Archive

Archive : 2600 Jaguar men back at work next week

14 January 1972 Keith Adams 0

The ending of the two week-old strike of 100 engine assembly men at the Jaguar works in Coventry means that in all 2,600 men will be back at work next […]

Archive

Archive : Disputes in car plants may cause more shutdowns

13 January 1972 Keith Adams 0

Production at British Leyland’s Austin Morris plant at Longbridge, the largest in Britain, could be halted within the next 48 hours by a strike of 130 sewing machine operators. The […]

Archive

Archive : BLMC cuts back 1000 sales outlets

12 January 1972 Keith Adams 0

From Clifford Webb, Midlands Industrial Correspondent A number of British Leyland’s biggest Austin-Morris distributors have had their sales territories reduced in the final stages of the restructuring of the old […]

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Archive : Triumph labour pact ‘breached’

12 January 1972 Keith Adams 0

Triumph Motors accused employees at their Liverpool plant last night of breaking an agreement to move from job to job to enable the company to cope with an abnormally high […]

Archive

Archive : Disputes

11 January 1972 Keith Adams 0

THE GUARDIAN DISPUTES Three thousand workers , are on strike at another Scottish vehicle works, the British Leyland factory at Bathgate. The management has refused to improve on an offer […]

Mini sales reached a new high in 1971
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Archive : Mini tops record year

11 January 1972 Keith Adams 0

DAILY EXPRESS MINI TOPS RECORD YEAR By David Benson The mighty Mini led the British Leyland firm to a record-making year in 1971, it was announced last night. It became […]

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Archive : Strikes

8 January 1972 Keith Adams 0

At British Leyland’s truck and tractor plant at Bathgate, West Lothian, the 3,500 shop floor employees carried out their threat to strike unless the company met demands for an £8 […]

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Archive : Mini production resumes but Jaguar faces standstill for a further week

7 January 1972 Keith Adams 0

By Clifford Webb Midland Industrial Correspondent Labour relations problems at British Leyland’s Midland car plants fluctuated yesterday with one group of strikers returning to work and a second voting to […]

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Archive : 6000 laid off as further walkout disrupts BLMC

6 January 1972 Keith Adams 0

By Clifford Webb Midland Industrial Correspondent More than 6,000 British Leyland car workers were laid off last night as a further strike added to the production chaos caused by disputes […]

Archive

Archive : BLMC seeks changes in pay

5 January 1972 Keith Adams 0

THE GUARDIAN BLMC SEEKS CHANGES IN PAY By Geoffrey Whiteley British Leyland is to continue negotiations with shop stewards at its Triumph car plant in Coventry over a new type […]

Archive

Archive : The Jaguar dispute continues.

5 January 1972 Keith Adams 0

At the Austin-Morris plant at Longbridge, production of Minis was again at a standstill yesterday, with 2,000 car assembly workers and another 1,000 engine assemblers laid off because of a […]

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