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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
“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 […]
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 […]
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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