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...
greatest harder history last shows strength strike work
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.
solve
We have to solve that or it's a showstopper for sure.
cover economic finally pattern proposal table
We finally have the economic proposal on the table that does cover the pattern issue,
certainly credit given industry quite state towards
We're certainly working towards a settlement and quite frankly, I'd like to do it before the 20th, given the state of the industry and the state of the companies, ... If we can do it early, I think that would be a credit to all of us.
although close fall far feeling somewhat
We're close enough to do this, but far enough away to fall in the ditch, ... We're feeling somewhat better this morning, although we're not there.
easier turned
We thought this would be a lot easier than it's turned out to be,
accept hard line support took
We took a very hard line in support of our members, that we could not and would not accept outsourcing.
ford negotiate problems solutions tough
We had to negotiate solutions to some very tough problems with Ford in this bargaining,
agreement rich
We're not going to have a rich agreement, but we're going to have a responsible agreement.
announce avoid optimistic today
We are optimistic today that we can avoid a strike. We could announce something today.
amount bargaining challenges difficult downtime faced ford given good knew media workers workplace
We faced one of the most difficult challenges in bargaining that we have in a good many years, ... the Ford workers probably knew that more than anyone, given the amount of downtime they've had, given the uncertainty, the media speculation of workplace closures and layoffs.
agreement balances employees needs
working on finalizing an agreement that balances the needs of the CAW, our employees and the company.
company either hang hope night tomorrow toward
We're going to hang with the deadline, ... We either have a settlement or we'll have a shutdown tomorrow night at midnight. We're working toward a settlement and we hope the company is doing the same thing.
afraid embrace expense families members
We're not afraid of change, we embrace change. But not at the expense of our members and their families and their communities.