THE GUARDIAN
Leyland hit by another stoppage
A new strike yesterday hit Leyland cars , already suffering multi-million pound losses from the shutdown of its Longbridge, Birmingham , assembly plant, when Rover car production at Solihull was disrupted by a walk-out of 50 material handlers . A company spokesman said that the men refused to move from one section to another to cover for absentees. Assembly workers had been redeployed to avoid lay-offs.
The trouble came as 600 shop stewards at Longbridge met to decide whether to recommend today to the factory’s 19,000 workers that they end their week old strike , which has halted output of Minis and Marinas worth more than £12 millions. They are under growing pressure to call off the stoppage after a vote by the rest of Leyland’ s 92,000 workers against a company-wide strike. Some senior Longbridge stewards want to continue the strike , but feeling is mounting on the shop floor that there is nothing to be gained by staying out.
Keith Adams
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...
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