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Fri, 01 Aug 1980
By Clifford Webb Midland Industrial Correspondent BL has told shop stewards at its Swindon car body plant that 400 redundancies are...
Mon, 04 Aug 1980
Workers at the MG factory at Abingdon return from their summer holidays today' to a two-day week and the prospect of unemployment in...
Fri, 08 Aug 1980
By Clifford Webb BL is increasing short-time working for 2,500 employees at its Rover car plant at Solilhull. The present four-day...
Sat, 09 Aug 1980
THE GUARDIAN CAR PARKING DISPUTE STARTS STRIKE AT BL By Paul Johnson Night shift workers at the BL plant at Solihull, West Midlands,...
Thu, 14 Aug 1980
By Clifford Webb Midland Industrial Correspondent Forty senior shop stewards who are said to represent 80,000 BL car workers met in...
Wed, 20 Aug 1980
BL is taking tough action to curb the activities of the unofficial combined shop stewards committee which last week demanded a 20 per...
Thu, 21 Aug 1980
DAILY EXPRESS THE boss of Austin Morris told yesterday why he sacked former shop floor workmate "Red Robbo." Managing director Harold...