22-11-1979 Derek Robinson on the picket line, during the strike against his sacking at the Austin Morris British Leyland Longbridge plant. © John Sturrock

10-11-1979 Harold Musgrove (L) Rover Group press conference November 1979 Trade unions given a Three Minute Warning to end their strike for the reinstaement of sacked Convener Derek Robinson © John Harris

01-11-1979 Car workers leaving work, Vauxhall, Ellesmere Port, 1979 © Martin Mayer

01-11-1979 Car workers leaving work, Vauxhall, Ellesmere Port, 1979 © Martin Mayer

10-09-1979 Michael Edwardes, British Leyland 1979 press conference © NLA

10-09-1979 Pat Lowry (L) and Michael Edwardes British Leyland 1979 press conference © NLA

19-03-1979 Speke, Liverpool, 1979 Dunlop workers sit down protest blocking roads against factory closure with 2,400 job losses © NLA

23-11-1978 Ford workers in Halwood, Liverpool, voting at the meeting where they agreed to return to work at the end of the 8 week strike for a £20 pay increase and a shorter working week. The strike was a challe... © NLA

16-11-1978 Ford workers picket line, Langley, Slough, Berkshire, 1978 hold out on the picket lines against the settlement of the strike for a £20 pay rise and a shorter week. The strike was a challenge to govern... © NLA

05-11-1978 Ford workers mass meeting, Halewood, Liverpool, 1978. The strike was a challenge to government policy of wage restraint at the start of the Winter of Discontent © NLA

05-11-1978 Ford workers mass meeting voting, Halewood, Liverpool, 1978. The strike was a challenge to government policy of wage restraint at the start of the Winter of Discontent © NLA

17-10-1978 Striking Ford workers from Dagenham, Essex, 1978 lobbying their union leaders against a sell-out, talks between TGWU and Ford, London. The strike was a challenge to government policy of wage restraint... © NLA

11-10-1978 Women leading a protest by striking Ford workers from Dagenham, Essex, London 1978. The strike was a challenge to government policy of wage restraint at the start of the Winter of Discontent © NLA

10-10-1978 Striking Ford workers from Dagenham, Essex, 1978 lobbying their union leaders against a sell-out, talks between TGWU and Ford, London. The strike was a challenge to government policy of wage restraint... © NLA

10-10-1978 Ford workers picket line Langley, Slough, Berkshire, 1978 strike for a £20 pay rise and a shorter week. The strike was a challenge to government policy of wage restraint at the start of the Winter of... © NLA

29-09-1978 Ford workers lobby TGWU officals, London HQ 1978, during their strike for a £20 pay rise and a shorter week. The strike was a challenge to government policy of wage restraint at the start of the Winte... © NLA

29-09-1978 Striking Ford workers from Dagenham, Essex, 1978 lobbying their union leaders against a sell-out, talks between TGWU and Ford, London. The strike was a challenge to government policy of wage restraint... © NLA

28-09-1978 Ford workers picket line, Dagenham, Essex,1978 strike for a £20 pay rise and a shorter week. The strike was a challenge to government policy of wage restraint at the start of the Winter of Discontent © NLA

22-09-1978 Mass meeting Ford workers Halewood, Liverpool, 1978 at the start of a strike for a £20 pay rise and a shorter week. The strike was a challenge to government policy of wage restraint at the start of th... © NLA

15-08-1978 PSA Group takeover of Chrysler, 1978. Chrysler shop stewards lobby Moss Evans (R) TGWU as he goes into a TUC meeting, London © NLA

25-06-1978 Worker on the production line Ford Halewood factory, Liverpool, 1978 © Martin Mayer

25-06-1978 Worker on the production line Ford Halewood factory, Liverpool, 1978 © Martin Mayer

25-06-1978 Worker on the production line Ford Halewood factory, Liverpool, 1978 © Martin Mayer

20-10-1977 The car production assembly line at Ford Halewood in LIverpool. © John Sturrock

20-10-1977 The car production assembly line at Ford Halewood in LIverpool. © John Sturrock

29-10-1975 British Leyland shop stewards meeting 1975 to sign agreement on participation plan in the part nationalised company, press conference, Studley Castle, Warwickshire © NLA

29-04-1975 Ford workers occupy Dagenham factory in a pay dispute, Essex 1975 © Martin Mayer

29-04-1975 Ford workers occupy Dagenham factory in a pay dispute, Essex 1975 © Martin Mayer

25-04-1975 Ford workers occupy the Swansea factory in a pay dispute, Wales 1975 © Martin Mayer

25-04-1975 Ford workers occupy the Swansea factory in a pay dispute, Wales 1975 © Martin Mayer

24-04-1975 Ford workers occupy the Swansea factory in a pay dispute, Wales 1975 © Martin Mayer

23-06-1973 Mass meeting of Chrysler car workers, Stoke plant, Coventry, 1973 Strike over pay and jobs in the declining car industry © NLA

18-06-1973 Strike by Chrysler car workers, Stoke plant, Coventry 1973. Strike breaking lorry loaded with engines which overturned, Strike over pay and jobs in the declining car industry © NLA

18-06-1973 Mass meeting during strike by Chrysler car workers at the Stoke plant, Coventry 1973. Strike over pay and jobs in the declining car industry © NLA

18-06-1973 Pickets at the Chrysler Stoke plant, Coventry 1973. Strike over pay and jobs in the declining car industry © NLA

03-04-1973 Ford Dagenham mass meeting of all the 50,000 workers at the plant. © Peter Arkell

14-04-1971 Inside the Dagenham factory just after the end of the 1971 strike. Old machinery. Dagenham River Plant. © Peter Arkell

02-04-1971 Ford workers at Dagenham voting on the latest offer during the strike. © Peter Arkell

02-04-1971 Ford workers voting in a union ballot, Dagenham, Essex, 1971 on whether to contunue the pay strike © NLA

31-03-1971 Ford strike 1971. Sell Out! Ford workers at the Basildon tractor factory show what they think about the settlement at the end of the national strike. © NLA

31-03-1971 Moss Evans, TGWU leading official for car workers, is lifted shoulder-high by Ford workers at the end of their bitter strike in 1971. Many other Ford workers, by contrast, accused the unions of a sell... © Martin Mayer

31-03-1971 Moss Evans, TGWU leading official for car workers, is lifted shoulder-high by Ford workers at the end of their bitter strike in 1971. Many other Ford workers, by contrast, accused the unions of a sell... © Martin Mayer

24-03-1971 Leonard Woodstock (L), leader of the American UAW union on the picket line, Ford, Dagenham, Essex, 1971 strike for higher wages. © NLA

15-03-1971 Henry Ford II leaving Downing Street during the national Ford strike, London © Peter Arkell

14-03-1971 Press and workers besiege union leaders at the end of a mass meeting at Ford workers during the 1971 strike, Dagenham. Moss Evans TGWU and Ron Todd (L) in the centre, both of them became leaders of th... © Martin Mayer

14-03-1971 Ford strike 1971. Mass meeting at Ford Dagenham to report back the latest negotiations. © Martin Mayer

22-02-1971 Ford workers, Halewood, Liverpool, at the beginning of the 1971 strike. Protest at the pierhead, Liverpool © Peter Arkell

22-02-1971 Ford workers from Halewood, Liverpool, on strike 1971 for parity of pay with other carworkers, protest during the combine strike. © NLA

22-02-1971 Ford workers, Halewood, Liverpool, at the beginning of the 1971 strike. Protest at the pierhead, Liverpool © Peter Arkell

04-02-1971 Pickets at Dagenham during Ford strike. © Peter Arkell

16-06-1970 Shop steward speaking, mass meeting of Morris car workers 1970 against Measured Day Work, Cowley, Oxford © Martin Mayer

16-06-1970 A meeting of Morris car workers voting for a strike, Cowley, Oxford against Measured Day Work. At this time there was on average one industrial dispute a day in the British Leyland Cowley car factory. © Martin Mayer