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...
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.
based ford importance relationships union workforce
What we did here was based on relationships and commitments by Ford to its workforce and the long-term relationship with our union and the importance they place on us,
backing
We are not backing away from the pattern,
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.
canada values view
I think that was a short-term view of the values of Canada.
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.
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.
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,
amount thrown
We've made a substantial amount of change, but no one is going to be thrown out of the street.
ford negotiate problems solutions tough
We had to negotiate solutions to some very tough problems with Ford in this bargaining,
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.
angry believe canadian consistent frustrated letting looking market opposed worry
I'm so frustrated and angry about this decision, I can't believe it. It's irresponsible at best. My worry is it's consistent with the Harper government's idea of letting the market decide, as opposed to looking after Canadian interests.
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.