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Fri, 01 Jan 1960
DAILY MIRROR Rover Strike At the Rover car factory at Solihull, near Birmingham, 2,200 production workers are now laid off because...
Sat, 02 Jan 1960
ROVER PAINT SHOP STRIKE ENDS FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT BIRMINGHAM, JAN. 1 The unofficial strike of 22 paint shop workers at the Solihull...
Wed, 06 Jan 1960
ANOTHER STRIKE AT ROVER FACTORY About 300 production workers walked out of the Rover company's factory at Acocks Green, Birmingham,...
Thu, 07 Jan 1960
900 LAID OFF About 900 men were laid off yesterday at the Rover Motor Company's factories in the Birmingham area because of a strike...
Fri, 08 Jan 1960
ROVER STRIKE OVER Three hundred production workers who began an unofficial strike on Tuesday at the Rover Motor Company's factory at...
Mon, 11 Jan 1960
Leyland's Private Aircraft Implementing its policy of using the most efficient business aids, Leyland Motors will shortly operate its...
Tue, 12 Jan 1960
FROM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT BROMSGROVE, JAN. 11 Representatives of 2,000 residents at Cofton Hackett, Worcestershire, a village...
Thu, 14 Jan 1960
Company Results Leyland Motors' preliminary statement, issued yesterday, revealed an increase in group profits of more than £800,000,...
Wed, 20 Jan 1960
FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT GLASGOW. JAN. 19 An announcement that Scotland and Wales are to benefit substantially from the Government's...
Wed, 20 Jan 1960
FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT OXFORD, JAN. 19 An unofficial strike of 300 hourly paid men and women at the radiators branch of Morris Motors...
Thu, 21 Jan 1960
FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT OXFORD. JAN. 20 A meeting of the 450 strikers from Morris Motors (Radiators Branch) decided this afternoon...
Fri, 22 Jan 1960
From Our Special Correspondent The British Motor Corporation, in a long awaited announcement of the outcome of the negotiations with...
Wed, 27 Jan 1960
From Our Correspondent BIRMINGHAM, JAN. 26 A complete stoppage of British Motor Corporation car production is threatened by an official...
Thu, 28 Jan 1960
FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT BIRMINGHAM, JAN. 27 Car production at the Austin factory at Longbridge will be brought to a standstill...
Fri, 29 Jan 1960
The strike by 132' workers at British Light Steel Pressings, Acton, which had caused 4,600 people in the Rootes factory at Coventry...
Sat, 30 Jan 1960
FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT BIRMINGHAM, JAN. 29 With more than 24,000 British Motor Corporation workers idle because of the strike...
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