Buzz Hargrove
Buzz Hargrove
Basil Eldon "Buzz" Hargrove, OCis the former National President of the Canadian Auto Workers trade union. He is currently serving as a Distinguished Visiting Professor at Ryerson University's Ted Rogers School of Management...
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We've had one strike in the last 30 years with Ford. It shows that they work a lot harder to get something that is mutually acceptable. That relationship, that history we think is our greatest strength going into bargaining.
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We've had one strike in the last 30 years with Ford, ... It shows that they work a lot harder to get something that is mutually acceptable.
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Every member of our union realizes it's not business as usual anymore.
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We really did think we'd have this thing done late this morning or early afternoon, but it's become more difficult than we had anticipated, ... There's a lot of very difficult issues related to job security at all locations.
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Right now, as the president of the union, I'm looking to moving to DaimlerChrysler,
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Mr. Green stated I will call you early tomorrow to let you know if and when GM is prepared to table an economic offer, ... It is not clear how much progress can be made until the pattern agreement is tabled.
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On the major issues that face us, we have made absolutely no progress at all,
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There's a good mood, ... People know the union, and the company, by the way, have done an excellent job in terms of dealing with what was a very difficult situation.
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The tone has changed clearly over the weekend and it would appear a settlement is imminent.
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Things at the local table picked up a bit yesterday. For Chrysler to start doing local negotiations on a serious basis this early, it may very well be a signal they want to get a settlement,
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(It was) the strategy during the election that was carried out and mandated for me to carry out as the president, and I was suspended for that.
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It was an extremely challenging situation that could have led to a shutdown. I believe our members will see the wisdom in what we have done here.
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The school of thinking of a number of people around here is that he's Canadian and he might want to prove that he's not tied to his past.
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After some tough negotiations we have reached a tentative agreement. This has been a very difficult and challenging set of negotiations with General Motors and of course we anticipated that.