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16 Apr 1959
The dispute between members of the National Union of Vehicle Builders and the Transport and General Workers' Union at Jaguar Cars,...
16 Apr 1975
By Peter Wainwright British Leyland has approached the Department of Industry for more help. Parliamentary approval for government...
16 Apr 1980
The gulf between British Leyland and the Transport and General Workers' Union to which most of the 17,000 men on strike at company...
16 Apr 1984
Austin Rover to make Ital cars in Pakistan BL Austin Rover is to manufacture Morris Ital cars in Pakistan in a £20 million tri-partite...
15 Apr 1959
Four thousand workers at the Coventry factory of Jaguar Cars Limited went back to work this morning after the end of a strike by Transport...
15 Apr 1969
GLASGOW HERALD The new Jaguar XJ6 has been awarded the Don Safety Trophy as Britain's safety car of the year . The trophy is Britain's...
15 Apr 1972
By R. W. Shakespeare The British Leyland management offered discussions yesterday to end the dispute which has halted production at...
15 Apr 1975
By Clifford Webb Lord Stokes, British Leyland's chairman, is understood to have written to the Prime Minister stressing the need for...
15 Apr 1980
HOME NEWS By Clifford Webb Midlands Industrial Correspondent Managing directors from all BL Cars subsidiaries met at Oxford yesterday...
15 Apr 1988
DAILY EXPRESS Hopes were high last night of averting a strike at Jaguar's Coventry car plant. Following seven hours of talks between...
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