B.L. lays off workers
NZPA-Reuter London Britain’s State-run motor company, British Leyland, has said that it was laying off more than 1000 truck workers because last year’s sales, particularly exports, fell far short of their targets. A Leyland spokesman said Leyland Trucks, which
has a workforce of 9500, had sold only 11,000 trucks last year compared with a 20,000 target. Exports were down 50 per cent on 1982. The main job losses will be at a plant in Leyland, north-west England, which will cut 522 of its 5000 jobs. Plants in Glasgow and London will lose 387 and 148 workers respectively.
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