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3 Apr 1968
On this day: At a meeting today at BLMC's Berkeley Square HQ, London, between Alec Layborn, Lewis Whyte and Sir Donald Stokes, it...
3 Apr 1970
Lord Stokes, chairman of British Leyland, yesterday met leaders of 40,000 white-collar workers as part of his plan to improve labour...
3 Apr 1973
A strike by 2,400 workers on the Maxi and Marina lines at the Cowley car body plant, Oxford, which began yesterday, threatens to cause...
3 Apr 1974
By R. W. Shakespeare A fresh wave of strikes in the car, components and engineering industries, is taking a heavy toll of production....
3 Apr 1975
By Clifford Webb British Leyland distributors and dealers yesterday reported so much interest in the company's new model 1800/2200...
3 Apr 2000
BY ANTONY HOPKER Rover designers who moved from the Gaydon plant to work for BMW in Germany are returning to an uncertain future after...
2 Apr 1960
FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT OXFORD, APRIL 1 About 2,000 night shift workers went on unofficial strike and halted production at the Pressed...
2 Apr 1969
Three thousand men were idle at British Leyland's Longbridge factory in Birmingham yesterday after a car assembler on piece work rates...
2 Apr 1971
By Clifford Webb Day long talks between strikers and union officials and later with management produced a peace formula last night...
2 Apr 1974
By R. W. Shakespeare Continuing troubles on the shop floor at British Leyland's car plant at Cowley, Oxford, led to another shutdown...
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