Archive : BL ready to produce Metro without strikers
Talks aimed at settling the British Leyland dispute collapsed last night and the company made it clear that it was prepared to bring in alternative labour to continue production of […]
Talks aimed at settling the British Leyland dispute collapsed last night and the company made it clear that it was prepared to bring in alternative labour to continue production of […]
BL was yesterday taking a tough line with strikers at the Longbridge plant in Birmingham on the eve of crucial peace talks. The company has said that its mass-production operations […]
BL management and strikers far apart as Acas launches peace move By Paul Routledge Labour Editor BL’s huge strike-bound carmaking plant at Longbridge, Birmingham, could . be closed with tacit […]
From Clifford Webb Birmingham Mr Harold Musgrove, chairman of BL’s Austin Morris’ operation, said last night that the six-day-old strike at the company’s Longbridge plant could destroy its mass production […]
From Clifford Webb Midlands Industrial Correspondent Birmingham BL management was sticking last night to the strong line it has ten with strikers at its Longbridge plant despite the threat of […]
By Clifford Webb The strike that has stopped production of BL Metro and Mini cars at its Longbridge for the past three days is developing into a damaging confrontation between […]
From Clifford Webb Birmingham Shop stewards at BL’s Longbridge car plant yesterday threatened to step up the strike by 1,300 workers which has stopped production of the Metro and Mini […]
By Clifford Webb Midlands Industrial Correspondent Production of BL’s Metro and Mini cars was at a standstill again last night after, a walkout by 900 workers. They are demanding the […]
Adequate stocks needed for car’s European launch in the spring, chairman says By Clifford Webb Midland Industrial Correspondent BL is recruiting 1000 workers to boost production of the Metro in […]
From Our Correspondent Oxford A difference of political opinion led to a fight between two men outside a trade union meeting, Oxford magistrates were told yesterday. Both men were bound […]
By Clifford Webb Midlands Industrial Correspondent BL is closing its Jaguar assembly plant at Coventry today and laying off 2,000 employees until January 5. The company said the extended Christmas […]
HOME NEWS From Clifford Webb. BL has dismissed nine employees, including six shop stewards, for committing acts of gross industrial misconduct during the disturbance at its Longbridge plant last month. […]
Leyland Vehicles, the truck and bus side of British Leyland, plans the cutbacks at its Leyland, Preston and Chorley plants after the worst November sales on record in Britain. Registrations […]
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