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...
canada values view
I think that was a short-term view of the values of Canada.
manage resist threaten union
Our union does not resist change, so long as we can manage it in a way that does not threaten our members.
ability america built canada close emerging export growth imports lack leisure major markets north problem ship united
Our major problem is imports and lack of ability to export into the emerging growth markets of Asia. They ship into North America at their leisure and they close their markets to anything built in Canada and the United States.
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.
accept hard line support took
We took a very hard line in support of our members, that we could not and would not accept outsourcing.
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,
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,
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.
powers
If you devolve all the powers to the provinces, what do you have left?