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...
cloth pattern
The cloth has been cut. The pattern is there,
address challenges clearly company frank honest manner satisfied together
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.
guess problem
Am I a little more optimistic? I guess you could say yes. The only problem we still have is there are still some offsets we find offensive.
ability buy employers home issues people raise roots saying wing
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.
greatly likelihood midnight strike tomorrow
The likelihood of a strike tomorrow at midnight is greatly reduced.
likelihood midnight progress reduced strike tomorrow
The likelihood of a strike at midnight tomorrow is reduced substantially by the progress we made over the weekend.
canada values view
I think that was a short-term view of the values of Canada.
powers
If you devolve all the powers to the provinces, what do you have left?
asked bad call early ford meeting morning news unless
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.
membership tough
It was a tough set of bargaining, ... To get that kind of endorsement from the membership is just exhilarating.
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,
major
It's a major restructuring. I don't want to downplay it,
emotions open
It'll open up a lot of old wounds. These things aren't done without a lot of emotion.
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.