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...
challenges declining difficult faced ford general happen happened market share
This has been a very difficult and challenging set of negotiations with General Motors. The challenges we faced here didn't happen by chance. They happened because of the declining market share of General Motors, Ford and DaimlerChrysler.
ford guys time
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,
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.
difficult faced ford industry means moderate motor response richest union
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.
difficult faced ford means moderate motor response richest union
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.
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.