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Fri, 01 Feb 1980
Edwardes attack on record of Longbridge conyener '523 disputes and 62,000 cars lost in the 33 months Mr Robinson held office' By...
Sat, 02 Feb 1980
THE GUARDIAN Derek Robinson is quoted as saying of BL chairman Sir Michael Edwardes: "He talks as though someone else was chairman...
Wed, 06 Feb 1980
Jaguar men strike: Production of BL Jaguars was coming to a halt yesterday over a regrading dispute that could affect the outcome...
Wed, 06 Feb 1980
An announcement is expected today on the inquiry by the Amalgamated Union of Engineering Workers into the dismissal of Mr Derek Robinson...
Thu, 07 Feb 1980
By Donald Macintyre Labour Reporter Mr Derek Robinson, the Longbridge convener, should not have been dismissed by British Leyland...
Fri, 08 Feb 1980
There is no possibility of Mr Derek Robinson, the dismissed communist convener, being reinstated, BL told the engineering union yesterday....
Fri, 08 Feb 1980
'WE'RE ALL LOSERS' IS THE SHOP FLOOR REACTION By Paul Johnson As thousands of shift workers streamed out of BL's Longbridge plant...
Sat, 09 Feb 1980
DAILY MIRROR By Terry Pattinson and Rod Chaytor Union chiefs pulled back from the brink last night in the fight to get sacked Leyland...
Mon, 11 Feb 1980
By David Felton Labour Reporter Engineering Union' shop stewards at British Leyland's factory at Longbridge will mount a strong campaign...
Tue, 12 Feb 1980
DAILY EXPRESS By David Benson, Ashley Walton and John Burns Fifty thousand Leyland car workers are to be laid off because of a huge...
Tue, 12 Feb 1980
THE GUARDIAN THE MAN WHO SOMETIMES PICKS WRONG FIGHT By Paul Johnson Last week Derek Robinson was described by a Tory MP as a gnat...
Wed, 13 Feb 1980
By Donald Macintyre Labour Reporter British Leyland last night declared itself determined not to bow to union pressure by improving...
Thu, 14 Feb 1980
DAILY MIRROR The big Leyland shutdown got into first gear last night when 20,000 men heard that they will be laid off by the end...
Fri, 15 Feb 1980
By Our Midlands Industrial Correspondent Leyland Vehicles, the truck and bus arm of British Leyland, yesterday signed its first deal,...
Fri, 15 Feb 1980
By Donald Macintyre Labour Reporter British Leyland has little chance' of survival in its present form - without a merger or wide-ranging...
Tue, 19 Feb 1980
Union calls Robinson strike, but decision left to all the workers by Clifford Webb Midlands Industrial Correspondent The engineering...
Wed, 20 Feb 1980
By Clifford Webb Midlands Industrial Correspondent On the eve of today's mass meeting of 17,000 BL Longbridge workers to vote on a...
Thu, 21 Feb 1980
From Clifford Webb, Birmingham On a bitterly cold, mist shrouded playing field, 12,000 BL Longbridge workers yesterday voted by 10-1...
Mon, 25 Feb 1980
By Edward Townsend A programme of lay-offs and redundancies throughout BL car and component factories begins today and will involve...
Wed, 27 Feb 1980
By Clifford Webb British Leyland is taking advantage of the present widespread lay-offs and shut-downs in its car assembly plants...
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