Leonard Woodcock

(1911–2001) Diplomat

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Leonard Woodcock was a diplomat, best known for Festschrift für Eugen Loderer zum 60. Geburtstag.

Quick Facts About Leonard Woodcock

Born: February 15, 1911
Died: January 16, 2001
Profession: Diplomat
Notable works: Festschrift für Eugen Loderer zum 60. Geburtstag

About Leonard Woodcock

Leonard Freel Woodcock was President of the United Auto Workers (UAW) and the first US ambassador to the People's Republic of China after being the last Chief of the US Liaison Office in Beijing.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Quotes by Leonard Woodcock

Now, wages in the automobile industry are made up of two components, what we call base rates and the cost of living…

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Automobile

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I might say that when the settlement was made the Nixon administration issued what they called a second inflation alert in which…

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Administration

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At the end of 1964, wholesale prices had been relatively stable for some years.

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Been

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And so we said to General Motors that the solution had to be a first year increase, which had to be sizeable…

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Cost

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Well, first of all the Dominion Bureau of Statistics made a survey in the spring of 1970, which showed that on balance…

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Advantage

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We made a demand for the the same wage rates to be paid in the Canadian plants as in the U.S. plants.

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Canadian

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When we came then to the 1967 negotiations we had the problem of one market between two countries fully under the control…

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Borders

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