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...
believe extremely led members situation wisdom
It was an extremely challenging situation that could have led to a shutdown. I believe our members will see the wisdom in what we have done here.
thinking
I keep thinking it's going to be easier, and I must say it was at the other two companies.
love offended running somebody
I'm up to the challenge. I love what I do and I'm not offended by somebody running at all.
anywhere demand jobs optimistic
I'm not very optimistic at this point. The big thing is the demand on jobs that they have, on outsourcing our jobs .Ê.Ê. to anywhere in the world that can do it cheaper.
anywhere demand jobs optimistic
I'm not very optimistic at this point, ... The big thing is the demand on jobs that they have, on outsourcing our jobs ... to anywhere in the world that can do it cheaper.
build general good means people per three vehicles
That means two or three more vehicles per shift, ... That's good for General Motors but not for the people who build them.
means per three vehicles
That means two or three more vehicles per shift,
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.
powers
If you devolve all the powers to the provinces, what do you have left?
assembly future plant thomas wake
Clearly, in the wake of today's announcement, the long-run future of the St. Thomas assembly plant is in jeopardy.
agreement best chrysler clear closure demands issues strike
Chrysler made it very clear to us when we were doing our probing to try to find out where we could get the best agreement on our issues without a strike that ... that if we didn't accepot their demands on outsourcing and (plant) closure that we could not get an agreement with them and they would forsce the dispute,
accept agreement best chrysler clear closure demands force issues
Chrysler made it very clear to us when we were doing our probing, to try to find out where we could get the best agreement on our issues without a strike, that . . . if we didn't accept their demands on outsourcing and (plant) closure that we could not get an agreement with them and they would force the dispute,
few issues job next optimistic position reducing relief security solve stuck
I'm more optimistic today, we should be able to do this in the next few hours. The only way we couldn't is if they stuck to their position on reducing our relief and didn't solve the job security issues in St. Catharines, Windsor, Oshawa and Woodstock.
major
It's a major restructuring. I don't want to downplay it,