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Wed, 04 Nov 1959
FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT BIRMINGHAM, Nov. 3 Production at the Austin factory at Longbridge was once again disrupted by an unofficial...
Thu, 05 Nov 1959
Normal working was resumed yesterday at the British Motor Corporation's Austin plant at Longbridge, Birmingham, where 2,500 workers...
Fri, 06 Nov 1959
FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT BIRMINGHAM, Nov. 5 The unofficial sit-down strike at the Rover company's Edgbaston factory, where a shop...
Sat, 07 Nov 1959
FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT BIRMINGHAM, Nov. 6 Normal working was resumed today at the Edgbaston branch factory of the Rover Company...
Wed, 18 Nov 1959
Car production by the British Motor Corporation was again dislocated by an unofficial strike yesterday. More than 100 press shop workers...
Thu, 19 Nov 1959
FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT BIRMINGHAM, Nov. 18 Officials of the Transport and General Workers' Union moved quickly today to avert a serious...
Fri, 20 Nov 1959
FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT BIRMINGHAM, Nov. 19 After a series of meetings today, the unofficial strikers at the Nuffield Metal Products...
Sat, 21 Nov 1959
GRIEVANCES TO BE INVESTIGATED FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT BIRMINGHAM, Nov. 20 The 220 press shop workers at the Nuffield Metal Products...
Mon, 23 Nov 1959
A three-year plan for the expenditure of nearly £50m. which will raise the British Motor Corporation's production potential to one...
Wed, 25 Nov 1959
PRODUCTION RESUMED Work on Morris Minor car production at Cowley, Oxford, which was held up because of the unofficial strike at the...
Mon, 30 Nov 1959
The British Motor Corporation (Australia) announces the appointment of Mr H. J. Graves as managing director. Mr Graves, a director...