Archive : Leyland strikers snub union
THE GUARDIAN By Martin Adeney The motor industry slid from bad to worse yesterday when the 600 toolmakers at British Leyland’s Castle Bromwich plant who have caused about 30,000 other […]
THE GUARDIAN By Martin Adeney The motor industry slid from bad to worse yesterday when the 600 toolmakers at British Leyland’s Castle Bromwich plant who have caused about 30,000 other […]
By R. W. Shakespeare British Leyland has been forced to lay off another 1,000 workers at its Austin-Morris plant at Longbridge. Birmingham because of the unofficial pay strike of 600 […]
THE GUARDIAN By our Labour Staff The engineering union yesterday renewed its instruction to return to work to the 600 toolmakers at British Leyland’s plant at Castle Bromwich whose two-week […]
By R. W. Shakesneare British Leyland’s labour troubles, that have now made more than 12,000 workers idle, deepened yesterday when more car production was brought to a standstill by a […]
THE GUARDIAN By Martin Adeney Storm clouds in the British motor Industry continued to gather yesterday when British Leyland, whose production has so far remained remarkably buoyant, announced it was […]
THE GUARDIAN BY OUR LABOUR STAFF British Leyland said talks were taking place with unions about possible cuts at Longbridge, Birmingham, and the Rover – Triumph plant on Merseyside. Only […]
By Anthony Rowley Business News Staff Some form of government participation in companies the size of British Leyland was inevitable, Lord Stokes, the motor group’s chairman, told a stormy annual […]
By Clifford Webb British Leyland’s first big cutback in labour is under way. About 1,000 workers will be made redundant at Jaguar, Coventry, and a further 143 at SU Birmingham, […]
By Clifford Webb British Leyland’s new “up-market” policy for selling Austin Morris cars was spelt out for the first time yesterday by Mr Keith Hopkins, managing director of the Austin […]
By Edward Townsend Mr Alex Park, British Leyland’s finance director, gave a warning to MPs yesterday that if the company was limited to the £50m overdraft extension guaranteed by the […]
NEW YORK TIMES British Leyland to Close Authi Unit in Spain MADRID, Feb. 12 — The British Leyland Motor Corporation, Ltd., has decided to close its money-losing automobile plant in […]
THE GUARDIAN By John Carvel British Leyland’s financial prospects were dealt a double blow yesterday as its £27.5 million deal to sell the Spanish Authi car plant to General Motors […]
A three-man inquiry panel appointed by the Government’s Advisory Conciliation and Arbitration Service to investigate the dispute behind the month long strike by engine tuners at British Leyland’s Austin-Morris car […]
THE GUARDIAN AUSTIN-MORRIS NEWS The engine tuners at Cowley went back to work yesterday after suspending their month long strike, but some of them stopped work because of a new […]
The unions are to seek state control of British Leyland when they meet Sir Don Ryder, the government adviser investigating the company later this week. Mr Bob Wright, Midland executive […]
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