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...
agreement bargaining collective general good
We have a new 1996 collective bargaining agreement, ... I think this is good for General Motors, CAW and all of our employees.
behind couple issues
We thought we had all of this behind us this morning, and now we're back to another couple of issues that are sticklers for us,
forced picket prediction
If I was making a prediction today, we'll be on the picket line, forced there by DaimlerChrysler management,
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,
ditch far
But we're also far enough apart, ... that we could end up in the ditch tonight.
chrysler decided lead workers
I have decided in 1996 that the Chrysler workers will lead the bargaining,
looking moving president
Right now, as the president of the union, I'm looking to moving to DaimlerChrysler,
absolutely face issues major progress
On the major issues that face us, we have made absolutely no progress at all,
agreement call clear early economic gm green pattern prepared progress stated table tomorrow until
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.
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.
harder last shows 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.
easier turned
We thought this would be a lot easier than it's turned out to be,
difficult early issues job late morning related security
We really did think we'd have this thing done late this morning or early afternoon, but it's become more difficult than we had anticipated, ... There's a lot of very difficult issues related to job security at all locations.
negative news phone simply
Unfortunately, I don't think they would be doing it this way if there was not going to be some negative news about changes. If there were no changes, they could just simply give us a phone call. But it doesn't look good.