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Month: January 1975

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Archive : Grim Threat For Car Men

23 January 1975 Keith Adams 0

DAILY MIRROR By Alan Law A tough warning was being sent to 16,000 car workers by British Leyland last night. Letters will tell them bluntly that the strike by 250 […]

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Archive : The Triumph TR7 is launched

20 January 1975 Keith Adams 0

The Times writes The TR7 represents an investment of £11m and is being built at the Triumph factory at Speke, near Liverpool. The eventual production target is between 60,000 and […]

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Archive : Sir Don visits the car makers

17 January 1975 Keith Adams 0

From David Leigh, Cowley, Oxford Sir Don Ryder, notoriously early riser and the man entrusted by the Government with an analysis of the financial trouble at British Leyland drove to […]

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Archive : Short time for 7000 at Jaguar

17 January 1975 Keith Adams 0

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 […]

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Archive : BLMC workers warned that only improved efficiency can save jobs

11 January 1975 Keith Adams 0

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 […]

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Archive : Cowley keeps to 80% output despite strike

11 January 1975 Keith Adams 0

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 […]

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Archive : Cowley men, keep line going despite tuners’ vote

10 January 1975 Keith Adams 0

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 […]

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Archive : 12,000 May Be Laid Off Again At Leyland

9 January 1975 Keith Adams 0

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 […]

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Archive : Mr Benn invites unions’ help in ending trouble at Leyland

7 January 1975 Keith Adams 0

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 […]

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Archive : Wilson issues ultimatum to car strikers

4 January 1975 Keith Adams 0

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 […]

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Archive : Leyland accelerated in great sales race

3 January 1975 Keith Adams 0

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 […]

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Archive : Car Delivery Men Go Back

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Car Delivery Men Go Back FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT COVENTRY. Oct. 7 The three-day-old strike by 300 Coventry car delivery drivers which threatened production at the city’s three main factories-Rootes, Jaguar, and Standard- Triumph International-is over. [...]

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