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Thu, 01 Feb 1979
FEBRUARY 1979 - Exact Date Unknown JAGUAR - It is decided to divorce the slant-six power unit AJ6 from the vehicle project XJ40 'to...
Fri, 02 Feb 1979
THE GUARDIAN FALLING OUTPUT DELAYS LEYLAND PAY PLAN By Peter Hildrew, northern labour correspondent The wage parity programme for...
Sat, 03 Feb 1979
DAILY EXPRESS HARD-UP British Leyland is facing an all-out strike by its 100,000 manual workers. Union leaders called the walk-out...
Wed, 07 Feb 1979
DAILY EXPRESS STRIKE BRAKE By Declan Cunningham Top level talks will be held tomorrow to avert the all-out strike threat to Leyland....
Thu, 08 Feb 1979
DAILY EXPRESS HANDING OUT All Out Strike Fury Closes Biggest Leyland Plant By Declan Cunningham The 'language of force' closed British...
Fri, 09 Feb 1979
DAILY EXPRESS LEYLAND STALLS ON BRINK By Peter Hitchens and Declan Cunningham LEYLAND workers were split down the middle last night...
Sat, 10 Feb 1979
GLASGOW HERALD Victory For Leyland Moderates By Tom Cunliffe Twenty seven of British Leyland’s 33 manufacturing plants have rejected...
Sat, 10 Feb 1979
DAILY EXPRESS REBELS CUT OFF LEYLAND PLANT By David Jack Behind the barbed-wire barricade are the men who refused to accept defeat....
Sat, 10 Feb 1979
THE GUARDIAN THE TRIBE THAT LOST THEIR HEADS By Jane McLoughlin The large majority of British Leyiand's workers have voted against...
Mon, 12 Feb 1979
DAILY EXPRESS PICKET LEADS BACK TO WORK REVOLT By David Jack Shop floor peacemaker Don Harris will risk the fury of the picket line...
Mon, 12 Feb 1979
DAILY EXPRESS SINK OR SWIM AT LEYLAND By Jeremy Gates By a cruel twist of timing, the senior shop steward s of British Leyland sit...
Tue, 13 Feb 1979
DAILY EXPRESS BACK FROM THE BRINK By Peter Mason and David Jack The all-out strike threatening Leyland was finally lifted yesterday...
Wed, 14 Feb 1979
THE GUARDIAN Leyland hit by another stoppage A new strike yesterday hit Leyland cars , already suffering multi-million pound losses...
Thu, 15 Feb 1979
DAILY EXPRESS IN GO THE MEN AT LONGBRIDGE OUT GO THE MEN AT SOLIHULL By Declan Cunningham The strike by 18,000 car workers at British...
Mon, 26 Feb 1979
THE LEDGER, USA LABOUR'S WOES IN THE UK By Robert D. Hershey Jr BIRMINGHAM, England - A soggy blue and white British Leyland banner...
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