Archive : Labour’s woes in the UK
THE LEDGER, USA LABOUR’S WOES IN THE UK By Robert D. Hershey Jr BIRMINGHAM, England – A soggy blue and white British Leyland banner hovered nearby as a knot of […]
THE LEDGER, USA LABOUR’S WOES IN THE UK By Robert D. Hershey Jr BIRMINGHAM, England – A soggy blue and white British Leyland banner hovered nearby as a knot of […]
DAILY EXPRESS IN GO THE MEN AT LONGBRIDGE OUT GO THE MEN AT SOLIHULL By Declan Cunningham The strike by 18,000 car workers at British Ley1and’s Longbridge plant in Birmingham […]
THE GUARDIAN Leyland hit by another stoppage A new strike yesterday hit Leyland cars , already suffering multi-million pound losses from the shutdown of its Longbridge, Birmingham , assembly plant, […]
DAILY EXPRESS BACK FROM THE BRINK By Peter Mason and David Jack The all-out strike threatening Leyland was finally lifted yesterday by 400 union officials, who agreed to endorse the […]
DAILY EXPRESS SINK OR SWIM AT LEYLAND By Jeremy Gates By a cruel twist of timing, the senior shop steward s of British Leyland sit down at a vital meeting […]
DAILY EXPRESS PICKET LEADS BACK TO WORK REVOLT By David Jack Shop floor peacemaker Don Harris will risk the fury of the picket line he deserted when he leads a […]
THE GUARDIAN THE TRIBE THAT LOST THEIR HEADS By Jane McLoughlin The large majority of British Leyiand’s workers have voted against striking over the disputed pay parity deal. Not that […]
DAILY EXPRESS REBELS CUT OFF LEYLAND PLANT By David Jack Behind the barbed-wire barricade are the men who refused to accept defeat. On the day that Leyland workers all over […]
GLASGOW HERALD Victory For Leyland Moderates By Tom Cunliffe Twenty seven of British Leyland’s 33 manufacturing plants have rejected a call by shop stewards for an all out strike. The […]
DAILY EXPRESS LEYLAND STALLS ON BRINK By Peter Hitchens and Declan Cunningham LEYLAND workers were split down the middle last night as bosses struggled to steer the car giant away […]
DAILY EXPRESS HANDING OUT All Out Strike Fury Closes Biggest Leyland Plant By Declan Cunningham The ‘language of force’ closed British Leyland’s biggest car plant yesterday. At a mass meeting […]
DAILY EXPRESS STRIKE BRAKE By Declan Cunningham Top level talks will be held tomorrow to avert the all-out strike threat to Leyland. The crisis meeting was called after a plea […]
DAILY EXPRESS HARD-UP British Leyland is facing an all-out strike by its 100,000 manual workers. Union leaders called the walk-out last night after being told that the company could not […]
THE GUARDIAN FALLING OUTPUT DELAYS LEYLAND PAY PLAN By Peter Hildrew, northern labour correspondent The wage parity programme for 95,000 British Leyland car workers, is to be postponed because output […]
FEBRUARY 1979 – Exact Date Unknown JAGUAR – It is decided to divorce the slant-six power unit AJ6 from the vehicle project XJ40 ‘to ensure that the engine proceeds as […]
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