Month: March 1980

HOME NEWS, By Clifford Webb Midlands Industrial Corresoandent Production of BL’s best selling car, the Mini, was halted at Longbridge yesterday by a strike of 30 trim shop workers who […]

HOME NEWS By Donald Macintyre Labour Reporter British Leyland began its latest crucial gamble on shop-floor support yesterday by giving formal notice that it will impose its pay and conditions […]

DAILY EXPRESS By Peter Hitchens British Leyland lost £122M. last year–and the vital car division is expected to stay in the red this year. Chairman Sir Michael Edwardes last night […]

BL indicated to union leaders last night that at least 3,000 more jobs would have to be cut this year than were envisaged in Michael Edwardes’ recovery plan. The redundancies […]

By Clifford Webb British Leyland’s new Mini Metro will be launched in October with an updated version of one of the company’s existing engines. Later models may be powered by […]

By Clifford Webb Leyland Vehicles, the truck and bus arm of BL, today launches its most important new truck for more than a decide. Called Roadtrain, it wiill operate up […]

By Clifford Webb Birmingham – Mr Jack Adams, aged 45, a skilled upholsterer at BL’s Longbridge car factory, was chosen last night to succeed Mr Derek Robinson as convenor of […]

MARXISM TODAY Interviewed by John Bloomfield Q. Derek, you’ve worked at the Austin for 38 years; what range of jobs have you done in that time? A. Very few really; […]

By Clifford Webb Midlands Industrial Correspondent Mr Derek Robinson, the BL shop stewards’ leader who lost his job three months ago for advocating disruptive action against Sir Michael Edwardes’s recovery […]