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...
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.
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The likelihood of a strike at midnight tomorrow is reduced substantially by the progress we made over the weekend.
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The likelihood of a strike tomorrow at midnight is greatly reduced.
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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.
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?
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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.
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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,
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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.