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...peacefully that man-days lost to strikes have been running at the lowest rate since 1964. Last week, however, negotiators began moving to the biggest test of whether this serenity can endure. Beaming in front of a brocade curtain in a Milwaukee hotel, United Auto Workers President Leonard Woodcock announced the union's choice of a strike target when contracts expire Sept. 14:Chrysler...
...knee-jerk reaction" against such demands than GM or Ford officials. Indeed, almost as soon as they were targeted, Chrysler officials expressed willingness to raise wages and benefits an average 6.2% each year of a new three-year pact, though they did not make a detailed offer. Woodcock did not aggressively demand more. He merely said: "I would want to see how they break that down...
Both U.A.W. Chief Leonard Woodcock and company men agree that chances for a peaceful settlement look good...
...LEONARD WOODCOCK...
...biggest negotiations of 1973 will pit the United Auto Workers against the Detroit car makers. Though contracts do not expire until September, U.A.W. President Leonard Woodcock began spelling out some demands late last month at a prebargaining convention in Detroit. Among them: a more generous cost-of-living escalator, some kind of profit-sharing plan, and by far the most important, a new right for workers to refuse to put in overtime. Heavy overtime has enabled a few workers to earn as much as $20,000 a year, but many complain that the long hours leave them too exhausted...