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	Longbridge plant - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Longbridge plant is a formerly illustrious car factory in the Longbridge area of Birmingham, England.
		The site was once the biggest manufacturing plant in the world and many thousands were employed producing and assembling cars in peacetime, which include the iconic Austin Mini, as well as aeroplanes, such as the Lancaster bomber, and munitions during the Wars.
		The Longbridge plant was part of the significant rapid mobilization process which took place across Europe upon the announcement of World War I.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Longbridge_plant (1132 words)

	Welcome to Longbridge, Birmingham and the West Midlands
		The recent scare and the possibility of closure of the Longbridge plant shook the very foundations of this predominantly working class community.
		Longbridge is located on the South West side of Birmingham city.
		Apart from the Longbridge plant it is mainly residential with pre war housing and more modern council properties.
	www.birminghamuk.com /longbridge.htm (345 words)

	Guardian Unlimited \| Special reports \| Can Phoenix rise from Rover ashes?
		The German carmaker has said that selling the plant remains an alternative and there is a bid - from the John Towers-led Phoenix consortium - on the table on which the workers are pinning their hopes.
		Almost all of the plant's workforce lives within a 10-mile radius of the plant, concentrating the impact on a relatively small area, around Longbridge itself, Northfield and Bromsgrove.
		As it stands the Longbridge plant, which was to have gone to Alchemy, is unlikely to attract the attention of the world's big-league carmakers.
	www.guardian.co.uk /rover/article/0,2763,215538,00.html (1493 words)

	No more asset-stripping, renationalise, don't subsidise \| The Socialist 14 - 20 April 2005
		When BMW abandoned their link with the Longbridge plant in early 2000, Tony Woodley, now the TGWU general secretary but then the union's national officer for the car industry, supported the Phoenix Four's takeover of Rover.
		Some commentators have speculated that Longbridge workers would have been better off if BMW had shut up shop in 2000 and given each of them a lump sum of £50,000 and put the rest into their pension funds, instead of giving Phoenix a free loan of £420 million.
		This is the real threat that the Longbridge workers feel in their very bones and that is why they will have little choice but to fight for their jobs now.
	www.socialistparty.org.uk /2005/388/pp11.htm (1272 words)

	Rover - Act now to challenge BMW asset-strippers - How concessions cost more car jobs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The plan involved the Longbridge plant in Birmingham continuing to produce Rover 25s and 45s and old Minis until they ran out, and then becoming a specialist factory making MG sports cars.
		Each plant has been able to produce much more – and one consequence of this is the growth of so -called "over capacity" in the car industry on a global scale.
		The Ford plant at Dagenham, which has been run down to a single model on a single shift is no longer viable under the conditions of today’s car manufacture.
	www.labournet.org.uk /so/33rover.html (2345 words)

	MG-Rover.Org -\|\|- The ultimate site for MG-Rover enthusiasts!
		Unlike the vast majority of Britain’s factories, Longbridge has survived many turbulent years, experiencing many major successes and milestones, but is now playing an increasingly significant and innovative role in the UK manufacturing industry.
		In recognition of Longbridge’s contribution to the war effort, Herbert Austin was knighted in 1917.
		Prior to the massive expansion of the factory in the late 1930’s, part of the spare land at Longbridge was utilised as a farm.
	www.mg-rover.org /articles/showart.php?ArtID=60&PageID=1 (1138 words)

	The Militant - April 17, 2000 -- Autoworkers in Britain rally to protest layoffs
		The march was overwhelmingly made up of working people, as thousands of workers from the Longbridge car plant and its sister Land Rover plant were joined by others from the West Midlands and elsewhere.
		These included a "Collective Working Time Flexibility" agreement that provided for employees to work up to 200 hours in excess of their standard workweek without pay, the excess hours to be banked and taken off during slack periods for the company.
		Excess capacity is the equivalent of 80 modern, high volume assembly plants sitting idle." In a clear signal of its and other car bosses plans in Europe, he added, "We are running a business in a tough sector.
	www.themilitant.com /2000/6415/641501.html (1336 words)

	Bildt Comments: From Maoist to Capitalist Revolution
		Once upon a time, under the name British Leyland, the Longbridge plant was a pride of the proud British automobile industry.
		But then things started to go wrong, and one of the things that seems to have started to bring Longbridge down was the more or less constant wildcat strikes organized by the militant and Maoist trade unions there.
		The Maoist revolution did have its share in bringing down at least the Longbridge plant, but the capitalist spirit took over the Communist Party of China.
	bildt.blogspot.com /2005/07/from-maoist-to-capitalist-revolution.html (290 words)

	BMW/Rover to axe thousands of auto jobs at Longbridge, England
		The axing of up to 3,000 jobs, or even the possible closure of the plant, was announced on October 20 at the Birmingham International Motor Show where the company's new model, the Rover 75, was being showcased.
		The Longbridge plant primarily produces the Rover 200 and 400 Series and these models have struggled to compete against a growing number of relatively cheaper car imports.
		The company is building a new engine plant at Hams Hall near Birmingham, which will supply engines to both BMW and Rover from the year 2002.
	www.wsws.org /news/1998/oct1998/rov-o27.shtml (1187 words)

	Agreement on flexible working arrangements at Rover
		On 11 December 1998, it was announced that a ballot of union members at Rover, the motor manufacturer, had overwhelmingly endorsed an agreement negotiated between management and union officials involving 2,500 job losses and more flexible working hours.
		BMW management maintained that a 30% productivity gap existed between the Longbridge plant and BMW plants in Germany, which had to be narrowed by means of more flexible working practices.
		Annualised working time accounts are to be introduced in all Rover plants, under which extra hours worked at peak periods of production are "banked" and taken as additional leave at quieter times.
	www.eiro.eurofound.ie /1998/12/INBRIEF/UK9812168N.html (441 words)

	Cofton Hackett - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In fact Cofton Hall was given a new facia in the Georgian era, and disguises a house which was built in the 14th century, at a similar time to the church.
		Cofton Hackett is just metres away from the Longbridge plant, and the Bittell Reservoirs.
		The Vicar has moved down the hill to Barnt Green since, but the old church is still in use.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cofton_Hackett (170 words)

	Boston.com / News / World / Europe / Blair offers aid package to autoworkers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Blair's Labour government has put Britain's economy at the heart of its campaign for re-election on May 5 and the imminent closure of the automaker's Longbridge plant in central England, and the loss of 5,000 jobs, is a major embarrassment.
		The West Midlands region, where the Longbridge plant is based, is a hotly contested battleground where the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats hope to make gains against Labour.
		Blair's Labour government has put Britain's economic strength at the heart of its campaign for re-election on May 5 and the imminent closure of the automaker's Longbridge plant in central England, and the loss of 5,000 jobs, is a major embarrassment.
	www.boston.com /news/world/europe/articles/2005/04/15/blair_offers_aid_package_to_autoworkers (602 words)

	Boston.com / News / World / Europe / MG Rover Collapses, Embarrassing UK Government (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		LONGBRIDGE, England (Reuters) - MG Rover, the last major British-owned carmaker, was heading for administration on Friday, to the embarrassment of Prime Minister Tony Blair's government as it seeks re-election on its economic credentials.
		MG Rover's blue-uniformed workers were downcast as they arrived at Longbridge for what could be their last day of work.
		Outside Longbridge, a man in top hat and tails adorned with MG Rover rosettes and Union Jack flags stood in a chill wind and cheered arriving workers.
	www.boston.com /news/world/europe/articles/2005/04/08/mg_rover_collapses_embarrassing_uk_government?mode=PF (607 words)

	CatiaWorld News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Plant owner Nanjing Automobile had promised to resume work at the 100-year-old car factory by 2007.
		The first cars the Chinese carmaker plans to build in Longbridge are the MG TF sports car and ZT [Rover 75 derivative] lower-premium sedan.
		The Longbridge plant closed in April after financially troubled MG Rover collapsed.
	www.catiaworld.com /cwnews/view.asp?msgID=8482 (320 words)

	Byers finds £150m for Longbridge
		The revised offer was still well short of the BMW request for around £200m but Mr Milberg indicated it should be enough to gain agreement from the group's supervisory board at a meeting on April 12.
		The 2,500 involved in building engines will be reduced to 1,500 with the move to a new plant at Hams Hall, and the assembly line workforce is expected to be trimmed to around 7,000.
		The plan involves increasing Longbridge's capacity from its current 350,000-400,000 a year to build 150,000-180,000 Minis and between 350,000 and 400,000 new Rovers.
	www.telegraph.co.uk /htmlContent.jhtml?html=/archive/1999/04/01/cnbmw01.html (448 words)

	Takeover of British Rover plant: thousands of jobs still at risk
		The announcement Wednesday, May 10 that the German car manufacture BMW had sold its British subsidiary Rover Cars to the Phoenix consortium was greeted with jubilation by workers at the company's Longbridge plant near Birmingham in the West Midlands.
		The six million shortfall between demand and capacity is equivalent to nine plants the size of Longbridge, and demands that further closures and job losses be made throughout Europe.
		The real concern of the union leaders throughout the crisis at Longbridge was how they would preserve their own privileges and safeguard relations with the new management.
	www.wsws.org /articles/2000/may2000/rove-m15.shtml (1371 words)

	April 1997 a good month for UK car plants
		The future of Rover's Longbridge plant is in the balance while an announcement is delayed over whether a new model Mini will be produced.
		Longbridge is thought to be the preferred location for the production of the Mini but Walter Hasselkus, chief executive of Rover and BMW board member, has delayed an announcement until after the negotiations.
		It is significant that the future of all three plants has been secured on the precondition of changes in working practices.
	www.eiro.eurofound.ie /1997/04/INBRIEF/UK9704124N.html (505 words)

	Support the Jaguar workers' fight \| The Socialist 27 November 2004
		The new owners have said they want to produce 200,000 cars a year at the Longbridge plant with another 800,000 cars to be made in China.
		Now five years on, thousands of Longbridge workers faced the sack as Phoenix run the company into the ground and loot as much of the takings as possible.
		If they are to avoid going down the same path, the unions have to change tack and demand that the government take Jaguar back into public ownership and not hope that they will "convince" Ford to change their minds.
	www.socialistparty.org.uk /2004/372/np12.htm (1013 words)

	Daily Edition: Apr. 8, 2005 - The Car Connection
		The Longbridge plant employs some 6000 workers, but up to 20,000 jobs in the area surrounding the plant and further afield are said to rely on MG Rover.
		None of the Longbridge workers have been sent home, but the new development adds even more to the uncertainty that has dogged the company since it was sold to the current owners by BMW for the token sum of £10 ($19) some four years ago.
		The 6000-plus employees at the Longbridge plant have been asked to report for work on Monday, but it is questionable whether there is money in MG Rover's coffers to pay them.
	www.thecarconnection.com /Auto_News/Daily_Edition/Daily_Edition_Apr_8_2005.S173.A8423.html (1860 words)

	Uk: Car workers under attack
		In the period leading up to the recent sell-off of BMW's Rover Longbridge plant in Birmingham, the so-called left was busily at work befuddling the minds of militant workers by mounting campaigns for nationalisation and public ownership.
		The Longbridge plant in Birmingham would be opened in this context and in 1974 was probably the most powerfully organised, as well as the largest in Britain.
		The convenor of the Longbridge plant, a member of the communist party and with a strong party section to back him up, would defend the stewards involvement in the Ryder plan as a «step towards workers' control», and shop-floor opposition was dismissed as an unprincipled alliance of «money-militants», right-wingers and «Trots».
	www.sinistra.net /lib/upt/comlef/coua/coualducae.html (3077 words)

	Fighting over the bare-bones
		What is left of Longbridge Rover is now being squabbled over by Chinese state-owned SAIC, (Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation) and another Chinese company called, Nanjing, because Nanjing showed interest in what was left of the Longbridge plant after SAIC asset-stripped part of it.
		The British government seem to be lying back and watching these two Chinese companies squabbling over the corpse of Longbridge Rover without lifting a hand to ensure that at least some of the redundant workers from Longbridge get their jobs back.
		If Nanjing get the last of the Longbridge stock they plan to ship it to China where they will make engines using the machine-tools and designs of Rover while SAIC say that if THEY get the last bits they may start up the Longbridge plant in some limited and experimental way.
	www.aboutbritain.com /forums/m_39956/printable.htm (553 words)

	The Telegraph - Calcutta : Business (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Longbridge, England, April 8 (Reuters): MG Rover, the last major British-owned carmaker, collapsed on Friday in a blow to Prime Minister Tony Blair’s government as it seeks re-election.
		But failure to secure a deal with SAIC forced the demise of the company, putting 6,000 jobs at risk at its Longbridge plant near Britain’s second city Birmingham.
		Trade and industry secretary Patricia Hewitt, conscious that Longbridge lies close to three constituencies where Labour has only a slim majority, said the government would do all it could to help workers at the plant.
	www.telegraphindia.com /1050409/asp/business/story_4591030.asp (292 words)

	ABS-CBN Interactive
		LONGBRIDGE, England - Tony Blair's Labor government offered workers and suppliers at collapsed carmaker MG Rover 150 million pounds ($283 million) in aid, seeking to limit the damage from up to 5,000 job losses as it seeks re-election.
		Longbridge lies close to three constituencies in which Blair's Labor Party holds only slim majorities.
		First Gen Corp., the power unit of the Lopez family, and the Consunji Group of companies on Thursday submitted tenders for the acquisition of the Calaca coal-fired plant, the first generation facility to be offered by the Philippine government this year.
	www.abs-cbnnews.com /storypage.aspx?StoryID=2847 (1533 words)

	Substantial job losses predicted as BMW sells Rover and Land Rover
		Heavy job losses are predicted at both Longbridge and within the West Midlands supply base as a consequence of the sale of Rover and further engineering job losses may occur due to the sale of Land Rover.
		Land Rover Vehicles, whose Solihull plant employs 9,500 and the research and development facilities, based at Gaydon in Warwickshire, are to be sold to the Ford Motor Company for GBP 1.85 billion.
		It is estimated that as many as 50,000 component jobs are reliant upon Longbridge and on top of this a further 20,000 jobs within the motor retail sector are dependent upon Rover's 320 dealerships in the UK.
	www.eiro.eurofound.eu.int /2000/04/feature/uk0004164f.html (1582 words)

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