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Archive : BL in the Winter of Discontent
THE GUARDIAN THE WINTER OF DISCONTENT The 7,500 workers laid off from the Cowley car factories go back to work tomorrow. The return—more than a week after being sent home […]
Month: January 1979
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Archive : Jaguar quality woes
JAGUAR – Manufacturing Director Mike Beasley warns the Jaguar board of growing problems in maintaining paint quality during a switch to new paint processes and a paint shop away from […]
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Archive : Cowley lay-offs
January 18th 1979 On this day British Leyland’s Austin Morris factory at Cowley lays off 1600 workers because of shortage of components and raw materials, but the laid off workers […]