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Month: September 1979

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Archive : Leyland rebel the bosses dare not hire faces new threat

30 September 1979 Keith Adams 0

DAILY EXPRESS LEYLAND REBEL THE BOSSES DARE NOT HIRE FACES NEW THREAT By Mark Douglas Home Every day Mike Savage, the anti-strike rebel who quit his job with British Leyland […]

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Archive : The embarrassing Minis

29 September 1979 Keith Adams 0

THE GUARDIAN THE EMBARRASSING MINI’S By Jane McLoughlin The BL Mini has sold itself into a shortage. BL has maintained its market lead in UK with the Mini and Allegro […]

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Archive : A Name Acquired, another Retired

24 September 1979 Keith Adams 0

From TIME magazine Business: A Name Acquired, another Retired Monday, Sep. 24, 1979 For at least two generations of Americans, it was the saucy, two-seat symbol of unfettered youth, an […]

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Archive : Contempt fuels Park Royal revolution

24 September 1979 Keith Adams 0

THE GUARDIAN CONTEMPT FUELS PARK ROYAL REVOLOUTION By Nick Davies When the body shop at British Leyland’s Park Royal works ran out of London bus floors last week they found […]

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Archive : Union threat over Leyland cuts

22 September 1979 Keith Adams 0

DAILY EXPRESS UNION THREAT OVER LEYLAND CUTS By Barry Devney Britain’s biggest union is drawing up battle plans to prevent the “surgery ” which British Leyland’s chief Sir Michael Edwardes […]

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Archive : Strike news

19 September 1979 Keith Adams 0

DAILY EXPRESS The news was bleak, too, for British Leyland last night when all major unions had rejected the plan by company boss Sir Michael Edwardes to streamline the ailing […]

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Archive : Engineers strike

18 September 1979 Keith Adams 0

DAILY EXPRESS ENGINEERS STRIKE For British Leyland. the anti-strike revolt grew at Castle Bromwich (Birmingham) as about 3,000 workers crossed picket lines. But 12 Jaguar-Rover-Triumph factories and four Austin Morris […]

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Archive : Strike warning over Leyland redundancy plan

15 September 1979 Keith Adams 0

THE GUARDIAN STRIKE WARNING OVER LEYLAND REDUNDANCY PLAN By Keith Harper, Labour Editor Shop stewards representing Transport and General Workers Union members at British Leyland yesterday threatened to strike if […]

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Archive : Bus Makers Take BL For A Ride

12 September 1979 Keith Adams 0

Bus Makers Take BL For A Ride Leyland bus makers were accused yesterday of deliberately keeping production low. Commenting on the decision, to shut down the Titan, plant in North […]

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Archive : Leyland unions set for a fight

12 September 1979 Keith Adams 0

DAILY EXPRESS LEYLAND UNIONS SET FOR A FIGHT Union leaders are squaring up for a battle, to save thousands of jobs threatened by the British Leyland cutbacks. Urgent talks were […]

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Archive : The only way left for Leyland

11 September 1979 Keith Adams 0

DAILY EXPRESS THE ONLY WAY LEFT FOR LEYLAND By Jeremy Gates It has been nourished, for these four long years since the days of the Ryder “rescue,” with £1 million […]

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Archive : Bitter Unions Hit Out

11 September 1979 Keith Adams 0

DAILY MIRROR Bitter Unions Hit Out Union Reaction reaction to the Leyland cutbacks was shocked and bitter. Engineering union president Terry Duffy said: “We don’t accept there must be compulsory […]

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Archive : The party’s over

11 September 1979 Keith Adams 0

Daily Express THE PARTY’S OVER By Peter Hitchens After the party, the new dawn breaks bleakly for Leyland today , a prospect of closing factories and vanishing jobs for the […]

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Archive : The Engineering Dispute Rumbles on

6 September 1979 Keith Adams 0

THE GUARDIAN The Engineering Dispute Rumbles on By John Ardill British Leyland has 8,000 workers idle , on strike or laid off ,as it tries to get back to normal […]

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Archive : Strike Revolt Flops As Car Workers Stay Home

4 September 1979 Keith Adams 0

DAILY MIRROR Strike Revolt Flops As Car Workers Stay Home The great anti-strike protest turned into a major flop yesterday. Thousands of engineering workers who had threatened to defy union […]

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Archive : Car strikers set for angry clash

2 September 1979 Keith Adams 0

DAILY EXPRESS CAR STRIKERS SET FOR ANGRY CLASH By David Jack SCORES of extra police will be standing by for tomorrow’s showdown in the anti-strike rebellion at Leyland’s biggest car […]

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Archive : Leyland To Slash 6000 More Jobs

1 September 1979 Keith Adams 0

DAILY MIRROR Leyland To Slash 6000 More Jobs By Alan Law British Leyland bosses are planning to axe another 6000 jobs on top of the 12500 cutback already announced. This […]

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