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MOST OF the disputes regarding working conditions not covered in the contract must be negotiated at the local level and discussions about these issues are still going on in Detroit. When Woodcock announced a tentative settlement July 17, UAW Secretary-Treasurer Emil Mazey estimated that the local negotiations would take another three weeks...
Although UAW President Leonard A. Woodcock emerged from bargaining talks with Chrysler negotiators two weeks ago singing "Solidarity Forever," the words couldn't have been further from the truth...
...song was the tipoff. As United Auto Workers negotiators left the Chrysler bargaining suite late last week and trooped into the press room, some started belting out Solidarity Forever, the old union strike song. Looking grim and tired, U.A.W. President Leonard Woodcock revealed the bad news. Contrary to all earlier predictions, the union was striking Chrysler Corp., the nation's third-largest auto manufacturer. This year's bargaining sessions were the "most complex" in the union's history, Woodcock said, forcing negotiators to cope not only with basic pay demands but also with such nonmoney issues...
Just as there was little name-calling or vituperation before the strike, the reaction was also mild on both sides after it began. "In the interest of getting this solved, we do not want to indulge in any form of recrimination," said Woodcock. Echoed Chrysler's Chief Negotiator William O'Brien: "We are very disappointed, but we don't feel it's the fault of either party." Until the last moment, company negotiators believed that they could get an agreement in principle before the midnight deadline, even if they could not wrap up every point...
...head of the Chrysler department. Eraser is a media darling-candid, brilliant and rugged-looking. He was a favorite of many to run for Senator against Michigan Republican Robert Griffin last year, but decided to stay with the U.A.W., where in 1970 he was the losing rival to Leonard Woodcock for Walter Reuther's mantle. The selection of Chrysler as strike target gives Eraser an inside track in the race for the U.A.W. presidency in 1976, when Woodcock must retire because he will be 65, but first Eraser must show that he is a tough negotiator. Though the odds...