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Thu, 02 Jul 1970
THE GUARDIAN Car union leaders yesterday rejected a plan put forward by the British Leyland Motor Corporation for the creation of...
Sat, 04 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...
Wed, 08 Jul 1970
THE GUARDIAN Jaguar has abandoned production at Coventry, laying off 1,500 workers, and 1,000 Rover workers have been sent home from...
Thu, 09 Jul 1970
THE GUARDIAN A total shutdown of the car industry was averted yesterday when the 650 strikers at Lucas, Birmingham, voted to accept...
Sat, 11 Jul 1970
By CLIFFORD WEBB All car production except that of the Maxi stopped at British Leyland's Cowley plant yesterday and 2,200 workers...
Tue, 14 Jul 1970
THE GUARDIAN By Anthony Harris British Leyland is holding talks with Innocenti, the Milan engineering company which makes the BMC...
Thu, 16 Jul 1970
DAILY MIRROR British Leyland is the largest vehicle manufacturer in this country. In six months it has lost between £8,000,000 and...
Fri, 17 Jul 1970
THE GUARDIAN The windscreen shortage has already brought the Jaguar plant in Coventry to a standstill, resulting in 1,700 lay-offs,...
Tue, 28 Jul 1970
Up to 400 British Leyland men have been working through their two weeks holiday to help clear large factory stocks of incomplete cars....
 

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