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Month: October 1979

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Archive : Car junket rap

26 October 1979 Keith Adams 0

DAILY MIRROR Car Junket Rap British Leyland are going on a £1 million spree to launch their Mini Metro car. But they sailed into a storm of protests when it […]

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Archive : Chatting up the boys at the benches

24 October 1979 Keith Adams 0

DAILY MIRROR CHATTING UP THE BOYS AT THE BENCHES By Geoffrey Goodman By the end of this week virtually all British Leyland’s 165,000 employees will have had the opportunity to […]

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Archive : Vote Starts At Leyland

20 October 1979 Keith Adams 0

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 […]

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Archive : New blow to Leyland plan

18 October 1979 Keith Adams 0

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 […]

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Archive : Leyland lifeline

17 October 1979 Keith Adams 0

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 […]

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Archive : Jobs axe vote faces Leyland workers

15 October 1979 Keith Adams 0

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 […]

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Archive : Unions slap down Leyland survival plan

14 October 1979 Keith Adams 0

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 […]

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Archive : Leyland wage demand

11 October 1979 Keith Adams 0

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 […]

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Archive : Leyland chief tells marchers – I’m not bluffing

10 October 1979 Keith Adams 0

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 […]

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Archive : Shop flaw

10 October 1979 Keith Adams 0

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 […]

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Archive : Leyland Jobs deal near

6 October 1979 Keith Adams 0

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 […]

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