Land Rover strike hits part suppliers
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• The three-week-old strike by the 6,000 Solihull-based Land Rover production workers is still almost solid, despite the company's efforts to encourage a back-to-work movement. Land Rover management claims that between 50 and 70 strikers turned up for work on Monday and Tuesday, although the Amalgamated Engineering Union refuses to substantiate this claim.
A number of the 4x4 manufacturer's suppliers have been hit hard by the strike, including Freight Rover, which has laid off 30 workers in its pressroom, and is having to "mix and mend" to cover for the lack of the 2.5-litre Land Rover diesel engine that is normally fitted to the 300-series Sherpa vans. • Motorway bandits have hijacked two lorries and attacked their drivers in raids at a service area.
In both incidents the drivers were bundled to the floor of their cabs by two men when they returned to their parked vehicles at Fleet Services on the M3. The trucks were then driven for several kilometres and abandoned.
Both loads of TV components were untouched but the drivers needed hopsital treatment for shock, and one of them for bruising on his face.
Police warn drivers in the area to look out for suspicious individuals when using a service station.
Anyone with information is asked to contact the Fleet incident room on (0252) 24545.