Rover to cut jobs

Title

Rover to cut jobs

Genre

News report; Interview; Parliamentary debate

TX Date

18 Jul 1988

Year of production

1988

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Duration

00:03:10

Description

Simon Israel reports on Austin Rover announcing that 3,500 jobs are to be axed over the next three years at South Cowley and Llanelli and speculation it could be linked to the takeover by British Aerospace. Includes reaction from John Allen of the engineering union AEEU; Paul Talbot, union leader; Shadow Trade and Industry spokesman Bryan Gould speaking in the Commons; Graham Day, Rover Chairman.

Contributors

Simon Israel; Bryan Gould; Graham Day; Paul Talbot; John Allen (trade unionist)

Keywords

Car industry; Motor vehicle industry; Motor vehicle industry workers; British Aerospace; Business acquisitions; Redundancies; Rover; Austin Rover; Llanelli; South Cowley

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