Month: March 1973

Why car unions are taking a strong line over ‘stop-watch overseers’ By Clifford Webb The week-old strike which has shut British Leyland’s Cowley car plant is potentially the most dangerous […]

Two thousand British Leyland car workers yesterday defied their shop stewards and returned to work at the Cowley plant. This has been at a standstill for three days following the […]

The situation deteriorated at British Leyland’s Cowley complex where 8,000 men are refusing to work while industrial engineers are in the assembly plant. A further 2400 men were laid off […]

A strike with serious long term implications for British Leyland has stopped all car production at Austin-Morris, Cowley. Some 5,000 men walked out of the assembly plant, causing another 1,350 […]

Sir George Farmer, deputy chairman of British Leyland and chairman of the Rover Triumph organization, will retire from the corporation board and from his executive responsibilities within the Rover Triumph […]

By Clifford Webb Midland Industrial Corresoondent British Leyland are recalling 5,000 1972 and 1973 XJ6 and XJ12 saloons, together with their Daimler derivatives, for a precautionary check on steering mechanism. […]

Minutes from the Jaguar and Rover Triumph Advisory Board The latest Bullet programme analysis showed it would not be possible to obtain adequate supplies of components off production tooling in […]

The end of the month long pay strike by British Road Services transport drivers in the Midlands yesterday meant that British Leyland was able to recall almost all of its […]