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Archive : Unions resisting BLMC sale of component plant
British Leyland Motor Corporation is heading for a confrontation with a group of the country’s most powerful engineering unions over its plan to ” hive off” one of its important […]
Month: July 1972
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Archive : Promotions among top BLMC echelons
By Clifford Webb Midland Industrial Correspondent British Leyland’s recent management reorganization gathered pace yesterday. A number of new appointments will enable Mr George Turnbull, managing director of the Austin-Morris car […]
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Archive : Super Jag stranded
By Kingsley Squire Jaguar’s new 140-mile-an-hour saloon was marooned in its factory yesterday . the day it was due to be unveiled. Strike pickets kept 500 of the new models […]
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Archive : Attempt to end strike at Jaguar plant fails
By Clifford Webb Midland Industrial Correspondent Attempts to end the strike at Jaguar in Coventry, now in its third week, failed at a 31 hour union-management meeting last night. A […]
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Archive : Jaguar XJ6 in new fast version
The Jaguar XJ12 on sale from today. By Julian Mounter Motoring Correspondent The long-awaited V12 version of the XJ6 Jaguar is announced today. With a top speed of about 140mph […]
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Archive : BLMC stewards say men reject new proposals
Shop stewards at British Leyland Motor Corporation’s Longbridge car plant claimed last night that 10,000 production workers at the plant had rejected “once and for all ” company proposals to […]
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Archive : Picketing at Jaguar factories causes shortage of spares
By Clifford Webb Midland Industrial Correspondent Jaguar dealers are running out of spare parts as a result of unusually militant strike picketing of the company’s factories at Coventry. All production […]
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Archive : Car men accept £250 pay switch
DAILY EXPRESS CAR MEN ACCEPT £250 PAY SWITCH Paint shop workers at a car plant in Cowley, Oxford, yesterday agreed to give up piecework. They accepted £250 each in compensation […]
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Archive : Jaguar strikers warned
Jaguar car workers in Coventry were warned yesterday by their chairman and chief executive, Mr Ravmond England, that customers would not wait indefinitely while workers indulged in the “suicidal ” […]