Month: October 1979

DAILY MIRROR Vote Starts At Leyland By Geoffrey Goodman A unique ballot to decide the fate of the ailing Leyland motor giant begins today . All 165,000 employees will get […]

DAILY EXPRESS NEW BLOW TO LEYLAND PLAN By Peter Hitchens British Leyland’s hopes of winning full support from its workforce for its major streamlining plan appeared to be back on […]

Union leaders recommend to BL workers that they accept the Edwardes plan in a secret ballot. DAILY EXPRESS LEYLAND LIFELINE By Peter Hitchens Leyland chief Sir Michael Edwardes scored a […]

DAILY EXPRESS JOBS AXE VOTE FACES LEYLAND WORKERS By Barry Devney Leyland boss Sir Michael Edwardes is almost certain to ballot his workforce on plans to axe 25,000 jobs. Following […]

DAILY EXPRESS UNIONS SLAP DOWN LEYLAND SURVIVAL PLAN British Leyland was pushed nearer the point of no return last night when 250 shop stewards flatly rejected chairman Sir Michael Edwardes […]

DAILY EXPRESS LEYLAND WAGE DEMAND By Declan Cunningham Leyland floor -sweepers want £94 for a 39-hour week. That is just one item in a staggering list of demands made by […]

DAILY EXPRESS LEYLAND CHIEF TELLS MARCHERS: I’M NOT BLUFFING By Peter Hitchens Leyland protest marchers felt the full blast of their boss’s anger yesterday. They were like a crowd of […]

THE GUARDIAN SHOP FLAW By Angela Singer A workforce of 360 men and one woman, Mrs Pat Harvey, work in the spanking new British Leyland paint shop at Castle Bromwich […]

LEYLAND JOBS DEAL NEAR By Peter Hitchens After a day of tough talks, Leyland unions were said last night to have given ” an amber light” to job cuts in […]