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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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.
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Our union does not resist change, so long as we can manage it in a way that does not threaten our members.
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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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The tone has changed clearly over the weekend and it would appear a settlement is imminent.
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Chrysler made it very clear to us when we were doing our probing to try to find out where we could get the best agreement on our issues without a strike that ... that if we didn't accepot their demands on outsourcing and (plant) closure that we could not get an agreement with them and they would forsce the dispute,
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The cloth has been cut. The pattern is there,
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I'm not very optimistic at this point. The big thing is the demand on jobs that they have, on outsourcing our jobs .Ê.Ê. to anywhere in the world that can do it cheaper.
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The company was honest and frank with us, and together we were able to address those challenges in a manner that clearly satisfied our members.
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Every member of our union realizes it's not business as usual anymore.
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It's about jobs ... and if you have less jobs how you deal with people.
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Unfortunately, I don't think they would be doing it this way if there was not going to be some negative news about changes. If there were no changes, they could just simply give us a phone call. But it doesn't look good.
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We've made a substantial amount of change, but no one is going to be thrown out of the street.
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We have a new 1996 collective bargaining agreement, ... I think this is good for General Motors, CAW and all of our employees.
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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.