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19 Jun 1959
FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT BIRMINGHAM Another strike at a British Motor Corporation factory broke out today when 80 tool setters at Morris...
19 Jun 1961
Two thousand workers who are on unofficial strike at the Smith's motor accessories factory at Cricklewood, Middlesex, were yesterday...
19 Jun 1969
By R. W. SHAKESPEARE The five-week-old strike by 8500 workers which has closed five British Leyland factories in Lancashire is almost...
19 Jun 1969
Rover 2000 production was at a standstill at Solihull, but at Cowley, where inspectors walked out of the Morris Motors plant on Thursday...
19 Jun 1969
DAILY MIRROR At the Rover factory, at Solihull, Warwickshire, work on the dollar earning Rover 2000 stopped yesterday—because of an...
19 Jun 1971
Leaders of 3500 foremen in British Leyland's Austin-Morris division last night rejected a pay offer and announced an overtime ban from...
19 Jun 1973
TRIUMPH - Today the Triumph Dolomite Sprint was announced.
19 Jun 1973
JAGUAR - XJ40 full scale models at Browns Lane.
19 Jun 1975
By Our Financial Editor British Leyland's board is recommending shareholders to vote for the Scheme of Arrangement which would allow...
19 Jun 1985
Engine prototype already ahead of BL targets By Clifford Webb. The new K series engine at the heart of British Leyland's battle to...
19 Jun 1990
THE GUARDIAN About 1,000 Jaguar workers at Coventry were laid off indefinitely yesterday after a walkout by 300 night staff at the...
19 Jun 2001
MG Rover, the loss-making UK car manufacturer, has bought the US-Italian sports car maker Qvale Automotive. The company, famous for...
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