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Wed, 01 Aug 1979
DAILY EXPRESS CAR GIANT DEFIES UNION Leyland boss Sir Michael Edwardes will today defy Britain's mightiest union in a bid to end pay...
Fri, 03 Aug 1979
DAILY EXPRESS ALL CHANGE FOR LEYLANDS FRONT SEAT DRIVER By Roy Assersohn City Editor A major top management re-shuffle at British...
Fri, 03 Aug 1979
THE GUARDIAN UNION LEADER ACCUSES ROVER OF MISCALCULATING LABOUR NEEDS By Peter Hildrew A union leader last night accused Jaguar Rover...
Sat, 04 Aug 1979
MOTOR Towards 1984 The current Rover range (code-named SD1) was introduced in June 1976 at a time when the old Leyland Cars company...
Fri, 17 Aug 1979
THE GUARDIAN ROVER NEWS A Leyland car factory was crippled yesterday when 120 men went on strike because they were not being paid...
Sat, 18 Aug 1979
THE GUARDIAN Another car workers dispute ended when the "togging-up" strike which has hit production at four Leyland plants in the...
Sat, 25 Aug 1979
MOTOR Metro Must Make It Mark Snowdon, Director of Product Development at Austin-Morris talks to Jeremy Sinek about current and future...
Fri, 31 Aug 1979
DAILY EXPRESS Strike turmoil ahead as engineers get tougher By Barry Devney Leaders of two million engineering workers last night...