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10 Jan 1961
650 IDLE THROUGH STRIKE OF 31 FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT BIRMINGHAM, JAN. 9 An unofficial strike of 31 fitters today made 650 workers...
10 Jan 1975
By R. W. Shakespeare Production at British Leyland's huge Austin-Morris car plant at Cowley, Oxford, continued yesterday and seems...
10 Jan 1980
Mr Robert Yates, British Leyland foreman, last night lost a claim that he was. unfairly dismissed for sleeping on a night shift and...
9 Jan 1962
MORRIS MINOR TO STAY IN PRESENT FORM FROM OUR MOTORING CORRESPONDENT An announcement by the British Motor Corporation yesterday assured...
9 Jan 1962
FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT OXFORD. JAN. 8 The Pressed Steel Company at Cowley has offered back jobs to about 500 of its workers-the last...
9 Jan 1964
Finance, Commerce and Industry By Our City Editor Results of Leyland Motor Corporation, whose £4m. order from Cuba has just caused...
9 Jan 1968
Sir Donald Stokes meets Prime Minister Harold Wilson at the Triumph plant on snow covered Merseyside. Stokes expresses his frustration...
9 Jan 1970
By BUSINESS NEWS STAFF British Leyland Motor Corporation, Britain's major motor manufacturer, yesterday announced pre-tax profits...
9 Jan 1975
GLASGOW HERALD About 12,000 Austin Morris workers at British Leyland’s Cowley plant are expected to be laid off again today because...
9 Jan 1980
From Our Correspondent Birmingham Mr Robert Yates, British Leyland foreman, was dismissed for allowing men to sleep on the night shift...
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