Strike force
Nissan is to expand its plant in Sunderland, building two new models there. The Japanese company is praised for not losing a day to strikes in three decades in the city. But labour relations weren’t always so good.
— In 1953, when part of Nissan’s business was assembling Austin cars in Japan under licence, the company suffered a bitter
100-day strike.
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