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2 Aug 1962
JAGUAR STRIKE ENDS The 50 internal transport drivers whose unofficial strike at the Jaguar factory at Coventry on Tuesday caused 1,300...
2 Aug 1968
THE GUARDIAN Maintenance men at the Pressed Steel Fisher car body factory at Castle, Bromwich; Birmingham, yesterday called off their...
2 Aug 1995
THE INDEPENDENT Russell Hotten BMW, the German motor group, hinted at the further expansion of Rover Group yesterday, saying the...
1 Aug 1962
1,300 Jaguar Men Sent Home FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT COVENTRY, JULY 31 For the sixth time this year production has been disrupted by...
1 Aug 1972
THE GUARDIAN STRIKES IN PROTEST AGAINST THE INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS ACT About 2,000 car men just back from holiday at the Austin Morris...
1 Aug 1975
By David Young Shop stewards at a British Leyland components plant yesterday used their votes to reverse the decision of a meeting...
1 Aug 1979
DAILY EXPRESS CAR GIANT DEFIES UNION Leyland boss Sir Michael Edwardes will today defy Britain's mightiest union in a bid to end pay...
1 Aug 1980
By Clifford Webb Midland Industrial Correspondent BL has told shop stewards at its Swindon car body plant that 400 redundancies are...
1 Aug 1986
THE MODESTO BEE AUTOMAKER PINS HOPES ON ROVER 800 By Robert McKay, United Press International British Leyland has officially changed...
1 Aug 1995
THE INDEPENDENT IN BRIEF : Boerio gets Jaguar job Jaguar has appointed Bibiana Boerio, 41, as finance director to replace John...
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