Archive : Jaguar lay-offs

8 November 1974 Keith Adams 0

Two thousand assembly workers at Jaguar’s Coventry plant were laid off yesterday because of a strike at another British Leyland factory. The strike in the paint shop at the corporation’s car body plant at Castle Bromwich, Birmingham, at first involved 250 paint shop men in an argument over a shift payment.

They were yesterday joined by about 1,000 production workers.

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Created www.austin-rover.co.uk in 2001 and built it up to become the world's foremost reference source for all things BMC, Leyland and Rover Group, before renaming it AROnline in 2007.

Is the Editor of the Parkers website and price guide, formerly editor of Classic Car Weekly, and launch editor/creator of Modern Classics magazine. Has contributed to various motoring titles including Octane, Practical Classics, Evo, Honest John, CAR magazine, Autocar, Pistonheads, Diesel Car, Practical Performance Car, Performance French Car, Car Mechanics, Jaguar World Monthly, MG Enthusiast, Modern MINI, Practical Classics, Fifth Gear Website, Radio 4, and the the Motoring Independent...

Likes 'conditionally challenged' motors and taking them on unfeasible adventures all across Europe.