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Thu, 06 Apr 1972
THE GUARDIAN BRITISH LEYLAND PEACE PLAN APPROVED BY STEWARDS A negotiating procedure which could bring industrial peace to British...
Fri, 07 Apr 1972
By Clifford Webb Midland Industrial Correspondent British Leyland last night warned several thousand workers at its Cowley, Oxford...
Tue, 11 Apr 1972
More than 1,300 workers who have been operating a go-slow for a month at British Leyland's car body plant at Cowley were suspended...
Tue, 11 Apr 1972
By Clifford Webb Midland Industrial Correspondent British Leyland Motor Corporation yesterday enforced its sternest measures yet against...
Wed, 12 Apr 1972
By Clifford Webb Midland Industrial Correspondent The effect of the two day old sit-in by 2,000 workers who have been suspended at...
Fri, 14 Apr 1972
By Clifford Webb Midland Industrial Correspondent Car production at a second British Leyland factory was halted last night by fresh...
Sat, 15 Apr 1972
By R. W. Shakespeare The British Leyland management offered discussions yesterday to end the dispute which has halted production at...
Mon, 17 Apr 1972
Nearly 14,000 British Leyland workers will be idle today with production at a standstill at Austin-Morris, Cowley and Triumph and Alvis,...
Tue, 18 Apr 1972
By Clifford Webb Midland Industrial Correspondent Disc brake supplies for a large part of the car industry will be halted within days...
Tue, 18 Apr 1972
HOME NEWS By Julian Mounter Motoring Correspondent Sixty thousand Morris Marina cars, two thirds of the total production, have been...
Wed, 19 Apr 1972
By Clifford Webb Midland Industrial Correspondent The 10 day old shutdown of British Leyland's car plant at Cowley, near Oxford. is...
Fri, 21 Apr 1972
By R. W. Shakespeare Northern Industrial Correspondent Labour troubles continued to plague the motor industry yesterday, where some...
Sat, 22 Apr 1972
More workers were laid off at Triumph, Coventry, yesterday bringing the total idle to over 5500. A further 1,400 are laid off at the...
Tue, 25 Apr 1972
THE GUARDIAN STRIKES Two of three disputes in the car industry, which have led to 21,000 workers going on strike or being laid...
Wed, 26 Apr 1972
By Clifford Webb British Leyland is spending £1m immediately to reorganize and modernize parts of its troubled truck and tractor plant...
Wed, 26 Apr 1972
By Julian Mounter Motoring Correspondent British Leyland, anxious to rejuvenate its image, is flirting with the idea of returning...
Fri, 28 Apr 1972
British Leyland settlement: The 8.000 workers at British Leyland's truck and bus division agreed yesterday to accept a pay offer worth...
Fri, 28 Apr 1972
By R. W. Shakespeare Northern Industrial Correspondent Plans to raise the output of the Marina and Maxi range at the British Leyland...
Sat, 29 Apr 1972
By Clifford Webb Midland Industrial Correspondent British Leyland is recruiting 900 workers at Jaguar, Coventry, to increase by one...