Quality lapses cause stir at Land Rover.(News)(Brief Article)

Byline: Bradford Wernle

Land Rover is putting pressure on its workers to help solve the company's growing quality problems.

Management has told employees that if they don't accept changes at the company's Solihull, England, plant, production of some models may be moved elsewhere.

In late April, Solihull workers voted to reject proposed changes that included not wearing pens in shirt pockets and not smoking on the assembly line.

Land Rover finished 35th of 36 brands in the recent J.D. Power and Associates Initial Quality Study. Only Hummer fared worse.

Steve Coultate, Land Rover's factory director, sent a letter to employees on May …