Month: January 1975

By Clifford Webb British Leyland is introducing short time working for 7000 manual workers at two Jaguar car plants in Coventry. From Monday it will be operating a four day […]

By Clifford Webb Mr John Barber, managing director of British Leyland, yesterday warned 415 delegates representing the corporation’s 165,000 United Kingdom workers that only improved efficiency by managers and shop […]

By R. W. Shakespeare With car production continuing at about 80 per cent of normal levels at British Leyland’s Austin-Morris plant at Cowley, Oxford, yesterday in spite of the renewed […]

By R. W. Shakespeare Production at British Leyland’s huge Austin-Morris car plant at Cowley, Oxford, continued yesterday and seems likely to do so again today in spite of a decision […]

GLASGOW HERALD About 12,000 Austin Morris workers at British Leyland’s Cowley plant are expected to be laid off again today because of a breakdown in talks on the engine tuners […]

by Paul Routledge Labour Editor The Government yesterday launched a move to get trade unionists fully involved in the financial rescue of British Leyland. At talks between Mr WedgWood Benn […]

THE GUARDIAN By IAN AITKEN, Political Correspondent The Prime Minister last night issued,a grim challenge to British Leyland car workers to end their appalling record of strikes and industrial disruption […]

DAILY EXPRESS By David Benson British Leyland launch an “off the shelf” assault on the home car market today in an attempt to regain sales lost during 1974 to foreign […]