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...
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.
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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.
early jobs likely monday saying selling strike sunday
What they're saying to us is that they are selling our jobs out to the market. We're not going to take that. Sunday or early Monday we will likely tell them that we will strike them.
asked bad call early ford meeting morning news unless
Ford has asked me for an early morning meeting tomorrow, which indicates to me they wouldn't call us into a meeting unless they had some bad news for us.
easier turned
We thought this would be a lot easier than it's turned out to be,
business member union usual
Every member of our union realizes it's not business as usual anymore.
ahead move politics position stronger terms
We will move ahead and we will have a stronger position in terms of progressive politics down the road.
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.
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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.
chrysler decided lead workers
I have decided in 1996 that the Chrysler workers will lead the bargaining,
absolutely face issues major progress
On the major issues that face us, we have made absolutely no progress at all,
ditch far
But we're also far enough apart, ... that we could end up in the ditch tonight.
looking moving president
Right now, as the president of the union, I'm looking to moving to DaimlerChrysler,