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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...
31 Jul 1968
More than 10,000 car workers were laid off yesterday because of an unofficial strike by 130 maintenance men at the Pressed Steel- Fisher...
31 Jul 1969
William Heynes, Jaguar technical guru retires today. Walter Hassan and Bob Knight are appointed to the company's board.
31 Jul 1974
Project Bullet - Minutes from the Jaguar and Rover Triumph Advisory Board John Lloyd , Triumph Technical Director reported that "some...
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