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6 Jul 1961
ROVER CAR MEN STRIKE Fifty-one internal transport workers at the Rover company's car factory at Solihull, near Birmingham. went on...
6 Jul 1963
DAILY EXPRESS STOP-THE-STRIKE SHOP STEWARDS Shop stewards aim to stamp out strikes at the British Motor Corporation's Morris Motors...
6 Jul 1972
By Clifford Webb Midland Industrial Correspondent Jaguar dealers are running out of spare parts as a result of unusually militant...
6 Jul 1974
By Edward Townsend British Leyland yesterday took the first step in its plan to trim down its 175,000-strong labour force with the...
6 Jul 1986
TORONTO STAR Graham Day, coming to British Leyland after many successes, was announced by a major newspaper as a 'nasty surprise'...
5 Jul 1969
The dispute over piecework rates at the five British Leyland vehicle factories in Lancashire which led to a five week strike by 8,500...
5 Jul 1972
DAILY EXPRESS CAR MEN ACCEPT £250 PAY SWITCH Paint shop workers at a car plant in Cowley, Oxford, yesterday agreed to give up piecework....
5 Jul 1973
By R. W. Shakespeare Northern Industrial Correspondent Hopes are higher today of a possible settlement in the six month long wrangle...
5 Jul 1974
By R. W. Shakespeare British Leyland is facing its most serious labour relations crisis for several years in the key bus and truck...
5 Jul 1975
By R. W. Shakespeare British Leyland's latest labour problems worsened yesterday when production of the recently launched 18/22 car...
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