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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...
5 Jul 1996
NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS: German Will Lead BMW's British Unit In a surprise move, BMW said today that it was naming...
5 Jul 1996
THE INDEPENDENT Car appointment: Search for a Briton to take over as chief executive fails Michael Harrison The German car-maker...
5 Jul 1997
NEW YORK TIMES Rover Group Ltd., the British auto maker owned by BMW of Germany, said today that it had reached agreement on a three-year...
4 Jul 1968
THE GUARDIAN By Michael Blanden Mr Joe Edwards' period as consultant to the board of British Leyland Motor Corporation has proved...
4 Jul 1970
DAILY EXPRESS Production of Jaguars at Coventry has been stopped and 1,500 workers made idle. Both Rover and British Leyland's Austin-Morris...
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