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Tue, 01 May 1984
A strike last night stopped production of the Austin Metro for the second time in three weeks at BL's Longbridge factory in Birmingham....
Sat, 05 May 1984
Metro the top-selling car again but strike casts shadow over BL success By Edward Townsend Industrial Correspondent Evidence that...
Sat, 05 May 1984
Threat to Montego and Rover By Clifford Webb Motoring Correspondent Production of the Austin Rover's new Montego and a new small...
Tue, 08 May 1984
News in Brief BL pickets may halt the Montego BL car workers who are on strike will picket the factory gates of the Longbridge plant...
Thu, 10 May 1984
Metro deal A strike at the Austin Rover plant at Longbridge, Birmingham. ended yesterday after 10 days under a settlement which will...
Fri, 11 May 1984
Strike halts output of Montego By Clifford Webb Motoring Correspondent Production of Austin Rover's new Montego saloon at Cowley...
Wed, 16 May 1984
Land Rover unions end Cardiff fight By Our Motoring Correspondent Union plans to fight the closure of Land Rover's Cardiff plant...
Wed, 23 May 1984
2,200 jobs to go at truck plants By Jonathan Davis and Ronald Faux More than 2200 workers in BL's loss-making commercial vehicle...
Wed, 23 May 1984
JOBS AXED IN BL SHAKE-UP By Paul Wilenius and Frank Urquart Both Mr Tebbit and the Prime Minister spoke of Government regret at the...
Wed, 23 May 1984
Britain Selling Leyland's Jaguar REUTERS Published: May 23, 1984 Jaguar, a British automobile legend, is to be sold back into private...
Thu, 24 May 1984
BL sales suffer from Ford price-cutting By Clifford Webb, Motoring Correspondent Austin Rover is an early casualty in the price war...
Thu, 24 May 1984
Parliament debates the Bathgate closure Mr Peter Shore, chief Opposition spokesman on trade and industry, said in opening the emergency...
Fri, 25 May 1984
Bathgate workers support lengthy sit-in By Peter Hetherington Workers at Leyland Vehicles threatened Bathgate factory near Edinburgh...
Sat, 26 May 1984
Bathgate redundancy pay at risk By Jonathan Davis Workers sitting in at BL's threatened truck plant at Bathgate, near Edinburgh,...
Wed, 30 May 1984
The Bathgate closure By Clifford Webb The collapse of Leyland's once profitable lorry business has been so damaging that some experts...
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