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Thu, 07 Aug 1969
DAILY EXPRESS Standard Triumph of Coventry stockpiled cars on the factory Rugby pitch yesterday as an unofficial strike by 50 delivery...
Fri, 08 Aug 1969
BY OUR INDUSTRIAL STAFF Leaders of three unions are to visit British Leyland's Standard-Triumph plant at Coventry in an effort to...
Sat, 09 Aug 1969
DAILY EXPRESS SCREWY... About 500 men are idle, and jobs of thousands more are in jeopardy at, the Standard-Triumph plant at...
Mon, 11 Aug 1969
DAILY EXPRESS The jobs of 10,000 car workers rest on a crucial vote today by strikers in the "who-turns-the-screws" dispute. The 200...
Tue, 12 Aug 1969
DAILY MIRROR By Paul Connew The two screws car strike was called off yesterday. Two hundred Vehicle Builders' Union members at the...
Wed, 13 Aug 1969
By CLIFFORD WEBB, Midland Industrial Correspondent Production at three of British Leyland's biggest car plants was seriously affected...
Thu, 14 Aug 1969
By CLIFFORD WEBB, Midland Industrial Correspondent British Leyland's labour troubles worsened last night when 1,200 assembly workers...
Fri, 15 Aug 1969
By CLIFFORD WEBB, Midland Industrial Correspondent Nearly 9,000 British Leyland workers were idle last night as a result of strikes...
Sat, 16 Aug 1969
By CLIFFORD WEBB, Midlands Industrial Correspondent British Leyland's labour troubles see-sawed yesterday. first with the ending of...
Mon, 18 Aug 1969
THE GUARDIAN The Coventry car factory of Standard-Triumph is expected today to resume normal production, with storage yards now free...
Tue, 19 Aug 1969
THE GUARDIAN Production of British Leyland's mini-car range will return to normal today at the Longbridge plant, Birmingham, after...
Thu, 21 Aug 1969
THE GUARDIAN British Leyland car plants yesterday had their first strike free day this week. Work returned to normal at Longbridge,...
Fri, 22 Aug 1969
The job is being filled by Lester Suffield, the London sales manager of British Leyland. Lester Suffield, a 58-year-old car industry...
Fri, 29 Aug 1969
By CLIFFORD WEBB Midland Industrial Correspondent A fresh outbreak of strikes hit the already troubled car industry yesterday. By...
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