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Month: February 1972

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Archive : Sir William – 50 Years At The Control Of Jaguar

28 February 1972 Keith Adams 0

EVENING TIMES By Frankie McGowan Sir Williams Lyons successor will be F.R.W. England, his present deputy chairman. “I have gradually been delegating more and more work over the past two […]

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Archive : Bathgate Stewards Defy Union

28 February 1972 Keith Adams 0

GLASGOW HERALD Bathgate Stewards Defy Union By James McKillop Despite warnings that the Bathgate plant of British Leyland is on the verge of closure, shop stewards were last night adamant […]

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Archive : British Leyland strikers at Bathgate reject offer of £3 a week more

26 February 1972 Keith Adams 0

By R. W. Shakespeare Northern Industrial Correspondent British Leyland failed in another attempt yesterday to end a seven week strike by 3,000 workers which has closed the company’s truck and […]

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Archive : New rise will give Triumph toolroom workers £47 a week

24 February 1972 Keith Adams 0

THE GUARDIAN New rise will give Triumph toolroom workers £47 a week By GEOFFREY WHITELEY, Northern Labour Correspondent Another agreement giving big pay increases to Midland car workers is expected […]

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Archive : 100,000 idle in car trade

19 February 1972 Keith Adams 0

THE GUARDIAN 100,000 IDLE IN CAR TRADE By our Northern Labour Correspondent As the miners pay dispute moved nearer a settlement yesterday, the car industry had its worst working day […]

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Archive : Jaguar seeks larger electricity allocation

17 February 1972 Keith Adams 0

THE GUARDIAN JAGUAR SEEKS LARGER ELECTRICITY ALLOCATION By Geoffrey Whitely, Northern Labour correspondent Jaguar, whose Coventry car plant is one of many vehicle factories where production has been crippled by […]

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Archive : Power Cuts Lead To Mass Lay-Offs

16 February 1972 Keith Adams 0

British Leyland continued yesterday to be the worst affected group in the motor car sector, with more than 37,000 workers laid off out of a work force of 135,000. In […]

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Archive : 40,000 idle at BLMC

15 February 1972 Keith Adams 0

THE GUARDIAN THOUSANDS MADE IDLE AS THE POWER CUTS BEGIN TO BITE By Geoffrey Whiteley and Bernard Pratt Thousands of workers in car, engineering and textile firms, mostly in the […]

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Archive : Lay-offs at BLMC now total 8,000

12 February 1972 Keith Adams 0

More car workers were laid off yesterday at British Leyland’s Longbridge, Birmingham, plant following the breakdown of talks to settle the week old strike by 1,000 assembly workers. Last night […]

Leyland Bison 6x4 Tipper With 500 Turbo
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Archive : BLMC completes truck range

10 February 1972 Keith Adams 0

By Clifford Webb Midland Industrial Correspondent British Leyland Motors Corporation launches three new trucks for operating at the present United Kingdom maximum gross weight of 32 tons. They represent a […]

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Archive : Longbridge £900,000 daily loss

10 February 1972 Keith Adams 0

By Clifford Webb Midland Industrial Correspondent British Leyland is being made to pay dearly for its determination to replace piecework with a flat rate system of payment at Austin-Morris, Longbridge. […]

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Archive : 5200 are idle in piece-work dispute at British Leyland

9 February 1972 Keith Adams 0

By Clifford Webb More British Leyland workers were laid off at Austin-Morris car plants in Birmingham yesterday bringing the total now idle as a result of a pay strike to […]

Archive

Archive : BLMC stoppages

8 February 1972 Keith Adams 0

All production of Jaguar Cars in Coventry was halted yesterday and more than 2,000 workers made idle by a fresh walkout of clerical staff at the Browns Lane plant over […]

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Archive : Strikes update

5 February 1972 Keith Adams 0

Meanwhile another 3,500 Scottish vehicle industry workers are still on strike at the British Leyland truck and tractor plant at Bathgate. They, too, are demanding a big pay increase and […]

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Archive : Where The Profit Isn’t So Sweet

4 February 1972 Keith Adams 0

DAILY MIRROR Where The Profit Isn’t So Sweet By Robert Head Mighty British Leyland, our biggest exporter, is less profitable than most of the tiny sweetshops around the corner. The […]

Lofty England and William Lyons
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Archive : Changes At Jaguar

4 February 1972 Keith Adams 0

“Sir William’s success, and eminence in the motor industry are too self evident to require further words from me.” This was yesterday’s restrained eulogy from the boss, Lord Stokes. Self-evident […]

Archive

Archive : Interim piecework settlement

4 February 1972 Keith Adams 0

More than 1000 engine assemblers on the day and night shifts at the Austin- Morris factory of British Leyland at Longbridge, Birmingham, have accepted an interim settlement while talks go […]

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Archive : Walkout by white-collar workers halts production at Jaguar plant

1 February 1972 Keith Adams 0

By Clifford Webb Midland Industrial Correspondent A strike by 500 white collar workers brought car production to a standstill at British Leyland’s Jaguar works in Coventry last night. A second […]

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