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After the United Auto Workers' biennial convention in Los Angeles cli maxed last week, the 3,000 delegates crowded to the podium to congratulate Leonard Woodcock, 63, on his election to a third term as president of the powerful 1.4 million-member union. But the solidarity was deceptive: only 24 hours earlier, tempers had flared in a free-swinging floor debate over his reelection...
...Woodcock, a reserved and owlish unionist, asked for a change in the U.A.W. constitution extending the terms of all officers from two years to three. That way, he can be sure of heading union negotiators through their next round of bargaining with the auto companies in 1976 - just before he reaches the mandatory retirement age of 65. He had the votes to push the change through, but not before listening to some unusually sharp criticism. Many delegates opposed the idea of an officer's hanging on to power; others objected to having a president who would have to retire...
...have a message for George Meany. We have a message for Leonard Woodcock. We have a message for Frank Fitzsimmons. You can tell them we didn 't come here to swap recipes...
...sellout luncheon for 3,500 in Cobo Hall the next day, Young received fervent promises of support from Henry Ford II and United Automobile Workers President Leonard Woodcock. The festivities culminated in an inaugural ball Friday night in the flower-festooned hall, where more than 8,000 people danced the night away...
...American, the idea of United Auto Workers President Leonard Woodcock and some of his union colleagues serving as directors of General Motors, and voting on such matters as the bonus of President Edward Cole, might seem farfetched. Yet something very like this arrangement has existed since 1952 in West Germany, where under law all large companies must give at least a third of the seats on their supervisory boards* to directors representing their workers. Now this system, known as Mitbestimmung (literally, having a voice), is spreading throughout Western Europe and has become the subject of heated controversy...