leonard woodcock: the great negotiator
“No work could have been more stimulating that the work I have been
privileged to engage in for the UAW all my adult life.
No accomplishment could be more satisfying that those which serve
workers and those who depend on them.”
Leonard Woodcock, 1977
Leonard Woodcock was a great union leader, statesman and intellectual. From beginning as a factory workers, he rose to become President of the UAW, chair of the first Wayne State University Board of Governors, a university professor and America's first Ambassador to the People's Republic of China. This is the story of Leonard Woodcock, his legendary negotiating skills and his concern for working people and social justice throughout the world.
Exhibit Curator: Mike Smith (m.o.smith@wayne.edu)
