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

British Leyland BL car workers leaving a mass meeting having voted not to strike in support of trade union officials accused of leading a factory riot © John Harris 04-01-1981

Striking British Leyland car workers lobby trade union officials against acceptance of 3.8% pay offer Birmingham © John Harris 02-10-1981

Jack Adams TGWU Convenor, BL Mass meeting Cofton Park, Longbridge. November 1981 © Roy Peters 02-11-1981

BL Mass meeting Cofton Park, Longbridge. November 1981 © Roy Peters 02-11-1981

BL Mass meeting Cofton Park, Longbridge. November 1981 © Roy Peters 02-11-1981

Convenors Brian Chambers (AEU facing camera) and Jack Adams (TGWU) address BL Mass meeting Cofton Park, Longbridge. November 1981 © Roy Peters 02-11-1981

Jack Adams TGWU Convenor, BL Mass meeting Cofton Park, Longbridge. November 1981 © Roy Peters 02-11-1981

BL Mass meeting Cofton Park, Longbridge. November 1981 © Roy Peters 02-11-1981

Jack Adams TGWU with mike, amd Brian Chambers AEU on platform at BL Mass meeting Cofton Park, Longbridge and Media .BL November 1981 © Roy Peters 02-11-1981

BL Mass meeting Cofton Park, Longbridge. November 1981 Over the tops of heads of Jack Adams (bald rhs bottom and Brian Chambers lhs bottom). © Roy Peters 02-11-1981

Picket Line at BL Longbridge. November 1981 Les Huckfield Labour MP for Nuneaton is on the far left (!). Jack Adams and Derek Robinson also present for the TGWU. © Roy Peters 02-11-1981

Convenors Jack Adams (TGWU) and Brian Chambers (AEU) at British Leyland (BL) Mass meeting outside the car factory, Longbridge. November 1981 © Roy Peters 02-11-1981

British Leyland engineering workers picket. On strike and under the threat of redundancy. 1982 Leyland, Lancashire © John Harris 22-10-1982

British Leyland BL car workers voting at a mass meeting during a over rest breaks dispute Cowley Oxford © John Harris 01-03-1983

British Leyland BL car workers voting at a mass meeting during their hand washing dispute Cowley Oxford © John Harris 01-03-1983

Striking British Leyland BL car workers picketing during dispute Cowley Oxford, Alan Thornet is on the left. © John Harris 01-03-1983

Striking British Leyland BL car workers picketing during dispute Cowley Oxford © John Harris 01-03-1983

British Leyland BL car workers leaving a mass meeting at the Cowley plant Oxford during hand washing dispute © John Harris 04-03-1983

Car workers at a trades union mass meeting during a strike over hand washing times at British Leyland BL car factory Cowley Oxford. © John Harris 04-03-1983

Striking British Leyland BL car workers picketing during their hand washing dispute Cowley Oxford © John Harris 04-03-1983

Car workers at a trades union mass meeting during a strike over hand washing times at British Leyland BL car factory Cowley Oxford. © John Harris 04-03-1983

Ford workers from the Dagenham plant trying to persuade their fellow workers not to cross their picket line during an official dispute in support of higher pay at the car production company. © Stefano Cagnoni 08-02-1988

Ford workers from the Dagenham plan persuading their fellow workers not to cross their picket line during an official dispute in support of higher pay at the car production company. © Stefano Cagnoni 08-02-1988

Ford workers from the Dagenham plant trying to persuade their fellow workers not to cross their picket line during an official dispute in support of higher pay at the car production company. © Stefano Cagnoni 08-02-1988

Worried Ford car workers mass meeting 1988 about the future of the factory and redundancies, Halewood Cheshire © John Harris 18-02-1988

Mass picket at Land Rover Solihull plant where 6,000 car workers strike in a pay dispute. © John Harris 22-02-1988

British Leyland BL workers mass meeting rejecting 3.8% pay offer and continue their strike Longbridge car plant © John Harris 03-03-1982

British Leyland BL workers mass meeting voting to reject a 3.8% pay offer and continue their strike Longbridge car plant © John Harris 01-03-1982

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 10-11-1979

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

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

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

Mass meeting of thousands of car workers on strike at Land Rover in a pay dispute, Solihull, Birmingham 1988 © John Harris 23-03-1988

Mass meeting of thousands of car workers on strike at Land Rover in a pay dispute, Solihull, Birmingham 1988 © John Harris 23-03-1988

Mass meeting of thousands of car workers on strike at Land Rover in a pay dispute, Solihull, Birmingham 1988 © John Harris 23-03-1988

Workers going to work on their bikes, British Leyland Cowley, Oxford. No Vacancies sign. © John Sturrock 30-03-1983