Leonard Woodcock
Leonard Woodcock
Leonard Freel Woodcockwas President of the United Auto Workersand the first US ambassador to the People's Republic of China...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth15 February 1911
CityProvidence, RI
CountryUnited States of America
american-celebrity base cost living pay provided rates wage
When the settlement was made to pay the same wage rates in 1967, it provided for base rate parity, but not cost of living parity.
american-celebrity paid rates wage
We made a demand for the the same wage rates to be paid in the Canadian plants as in the U.S. plants.
two cost-of-living wages
Now, wages in the automobile industry are made up of two components, what we call base rates and the cost of living factor which is fed in by the operation of the escalator.