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BL asks for more state cash By Clifford Webb Motoring Correspondent BL has told the Government that if the steady improvement of its Austin Rover group is to continue, in […]
BL asks for more state cash By Clifford Webb Motoring Correspondent BL has told the Government that if the steady improvement of its Austin Rover group is to continue, in […]
Austin Rover to recruit 600 By Clifford Webb Motoring Correspondent Austin Rover is recruiting 600 more workers in the new year to increase production of four new models; the five […]
Austin woman dismissed for strike assault By Clifford Webb, Motoring Correspondent Austin Rover yesterday dismissed a woman employee for allegedly assaulting three other women who crossed a picket line she […]
Longbridge workers vote to end strike. A mass meeting of workers at Austin Rover’s Longbridge car plant yesterday ignored a rearguard action by shop stewards and voted overwhelmingly to end […]
Court battle set as Austin men go back By Clifford Webb The 16-day strike in Austin Rover car factories collapsed yesterday when mass meetings at two Cowley plants voted overwhelmingly […]
Another 4,500 defy Austin picket lines By Clifford Webb The tough stance adopted by Mr Harold Musgrove, the chief executive of Austin Rover, is having its desired effect. Faced by […]
New signs of car strike collapse Support for the two-week old BL pay strike showed fresh signs of collapse during the weekend at Austin Rover’s body and assembly plants at […]
The Austin Rover Dispute Austin Rover called in British Telecom yesterday to install emergency telephone lines at its Longbridge and Cowley assembly plants to handle calls which it said, were […]
Improved offer ends strike at Jaguar By Clifford Webb The eight-day strike at Jaguar, Coventry, which has cost the newly privatized company 800 cars worth more than £15m, is over. […]
Austin Rover fails in court to make union end strike By David Felton and Clifford Webb Austin Rover yesterday lost its High Court action to order Britain’s second largest union […]
Austin union chiefs pull back from showdown By David Felton and Clifford Webb Union leaders. last night appeared. to be pulling back from a legal confrontation over the pay strike […]
Court Move To Halt Strike by car Workers The strike by Austin Rover Car workers began yesterday as the company carried out its threat to go to the courts to […]
Austin Rover Pay Strike begins Austin shop stewards to defy strike ballot call By Clifford Webb A delegate meeting of 120 Austin Rover shop stewards’ voted yesterday to defy the […]
Jaguar Cars was at a standstill yesterday for. the second day due to the pay strike by its 7,000 labour force (the Press Association reports). Production stopped on Wednesday after […]
Auto Strikes In Britain Thousands of automobile workers went on strike today, halting production of luxury Jaguar cars and Austin Rover models. Workers at Austin Rover walked out ahead of […]
Workers at Austin Rover get strike call By Our Labour Correspondent The motor industry moved further towards conflict yesterday after union leaders of 28,000 Austin Rover car workers rejected an […]
Austin Rover men vote for strike By Barrie Clement and Clifford Webb Austin Rovers 28000 car workers yesterday voted overwhelmingly to strike in support of their 20 per cent pay […]
Jaguar workers vote to strike By Barrie Clement Labour Reporter Workers at the newly and profitable privatized Jaguar car company yesterday voted to strike from next Thursday in support of […]
Strike threat looms at Austin Rover AUSTIN ROVER’S 28,000 car workers are to be asked to give their union leaders a mandate to call a strike over a two-year pay […]
Jaguar men reject 21 pc pay offer By John Ardill, Labour Correspondent Jaguar car workers yesterday backed their shop stewards recommendation to reject the company’s offer of a 21 per […]
Cowley ‘agitators’ fear By Barrie Clement Labour Reporter Trotskyist groups at Austin Rover’s assembly plant at Cowley have helped to cause more than 160 unofficial stoppages this year according to […]
BL cuts losses to £22m By Jonathan Davis BL, the state-owned motor group, gave a warning yesterday that its trading prospects remain uncertain, despite a further cut in its losses […]
BL cuts losses to £22m By Jonathan Davis BL, the state-owned motor group, gave a warning yesterday that its trading prospects remain uncertain, despite a further cut in its losses […]
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