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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...
4 Jul 1975
By R. W. Shakespeare Northern Industrial Correspondent British Leyland, with nearly 8,000 workers idle and production heavily disrupted...
3 Jul 1968
THE GUARDIAN More than 10,000 workers in the Midlands were laid off last night as the white-collar unions dispute with the British...
3 Jul 1974
By Peter Waymark Motoring Correspondent British Leyland, Britain's largest motor manufacturer, does not intend to bring out smaller...
3 Jul 1980
The tea-break strike at BL's Longbridge plant in Birmingham ended yesterday (the Press Association reports). BL announced that unions...
3 Jul 1998
OXFORD MAIL Unipart factory may close Motor parts group Unipart is to shut its factory off Woodstock Road, Oxford, and move production...
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...
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