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15 results found for '"Longbridge"' in Keywords.
BL pay claim call to management (1978)
- Genre
- Speech
Speech by Derek Robinson, British Leyland chief union negotiator at the Longbridge plant in Birmingham, calling on the BL management to accept a pay claim and avoid industrial action.
All-out strike at British Leyland (1979)
- Genre
- Interview
Top union negotiator Grenville Hawley on shop stewards’ recommendation of an all-out strike at British Leyland. Personnel director Pat Lowley has said a strike would be a disaster. Male interviewer not...
BL workers vote against strike (1979)
- Genre
- Speech
Statement by union spokesman Derek Robinson recommending British Leyland workers return to work and not support the Longbridge strikes. He is heckled.
British Leyland on verge of strike (1979)
- Genre
- News report; Vox pop; Speech
Report on an angry meeting at British Leyland’s Longbridge plant over management calls for greater productivity before equal pay is given in, an effort to become profitable. Includes vox pop with workers;...
Longbridge strikes end (1979)
- Genre
- Interview
Union leader Derek Robinson gives his reaction to the end of the British Leyland Longbridge strikes, claiming they are acting in accordance with changes in the situation.
British Leyland strikes (1979)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Report on Commons speeches (with exceprts) by Industry Secretary Eric Varley and shadow Industry Secretary Norman Lamont on strikes by British Leyland workers and their effect on public finance of the...
Productivity at British Leyland (1979)
- Genre
- News report; Parliamentary debate
Report on Commons debate between Tory MP Eldon Griffiths and Industry Secretary Eric Varley over poor productivity at British Leyland which is subsidised by the taxpayer. Includes Commons speeches from both....
British Leyland strikes imminent (1979)
- Genre
- Interview
British Leyland Longbridge plant union spokesman on unions discussing taking action over the company’s failure to implement equal pay agreements until productivity figures are met. He claims the...
British Leyland disciplinaries (1979)
- Genre
- Press conference; Speech
Derek Robinson, union convenor of the Longbridge assembly plant in Birmingham, on the disciplinary action taken by British Leyland against Jack Adams, Len Brindle, Mick Clarke(?) and himself over the...
British Leyland disciplinaries (1979)
- Genre
- Press conference; Speech
Derek Robinson, union convenor of British Leyland’s Longbridge assembly plant in Birmingham, on this morning’s resolution that the dispute should be declared official. He accuses the media (specifically,...