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Thu, 18 Jan 1979
January 18th 1979 On this day British Leyland's Austin Morris factory at Cowley lays off 1600 workers because of shortage of components...
Mon, 29 Jan 1979
JAGUAR - Manufacturing Director Mike Beasley warns the Jaguar board of growing problems in maintaining paint quality during a switch...
Tue, 30 Jan 1979
THE GUARDIAN THE WINTER OF DISCONTENT The 7,500 workers laid off from the Cowley car factories go back to work tomorrow. The return---more...