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...
absolutely acceptable clear deal says
He says it's much more costly for them to do the same thing and he wanted to be absolutely clear that that's not acceptable and that we have to find a way to deal with that in bargaining.
dealing difficult excellent good job people terms
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.
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,
deal jobs less
It's about jobs ... and if you have less jobs how you deal with people.
major
It's a major restructuring. I don't want to downplay it,
families strike today
It's going to strike a lot of Windsor families today when they get this news.
canada values view
I think that was a short-term view of the values of Canada.
chrysler decided lead workers
I have decided in 1996 that the Chrysler workers will lead the bargaining,
ditch far
But we're also far enough apart, ... that we could end up in the ditch tonight.
membership tough
It was a tough set of bargaining, ... To get that kind of endorsement from the membership is just exhilarating.
powers
If you devolve all the powers to the provinces, what do you have left?
commitment economy job jobs low meeting quality sell wage
Just because we're a low wage economy and you can get someone to do our job cheaper, you don't have the right to sell our jobs as long as we're meeting the commitment of quality and productivity.
cause issue street tomorrow
I don't see an issue out there that would cause us to be out on the street tomorrow at midnight.
agreement context current economic given issues
Given the current economic context that we're in, this is not the richest-ever agreement that we have bargained, but it's a responsible bargaining, recognizing all of the issues that we face,