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...
means per three vehicles
That means two or three more vehicles per shift,
absolutely face issues major progress
On the major issues that face us, we have made absolutely no progress at all,
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I don't want to downplay what Cordiano and those guys did ... but at no time in the discussions did Ford say we can't (cut further) because of this (deal) with the government,
close costs difference impossible vast
There is still such a vast difference in the costs it would be impossible to get close to our costs.
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they build in Tokyo. They build in Hiroshima. They build anywhere they find a big enough dock to ship their vehicles over here.
forced picket prediction
If I was making a prediction today, we'll be on the picket line, forced there by DaimlerChrysler management,
building class committed common efforts expand financial goal groups politics remains support work
The CAW remains committed to strengthening working class politics and we will expand our financial support and efforts to work with other like-minded groups in our common goal of building a progressive alternative in our country.
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Ford has asked me for an early morning meeting tomorrow, which indicates to me they wouldn't call us into a meeting unless they had some bad news for us.
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All these issues are the same. The right wing and the employers are saying that people shouldn't have security, but people should have the ability to put roots down and buy a home and raise a family.
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I'm more optimistic today, we should be able to do this in the next few hours. The only way we couldn't is if they stuck to their position on reducing our relief and didn't solve the job security issues in St. Catharines, Windsor, Oshawa and Woodstock.
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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.
carried carry election strategy
(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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This is not the richest settlement. There will be moderate improvements in most areas. I think it is a responsible response by Ford Motor Co. in some of the most difficult times that we've faced as an industry which means our union has to face it as well.
company deal meet shows tough union
It shows that even in tough bargaining, if the union and the company meet their responsibilities, a deal can be reached,