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 face issues major progress
On the major issues that face us, we have made absolutely no progress at all,
major
It's a major restructuring. I don't want to downplay it,
demanding major somewhere
They're demanding major outsourcing of our jobs, not because they need it but because they think they can make them somewhere else cheaper.
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.
canadian might number people prove school thinking tied
The school of thinking of a number of people around here is that he's Canadian and he might want to prove that he's not tied to his past.
carried carry election strategy
(It was) the strategy during the election that was carried out and mandated for me to carry out as the president, and I was suspended for that.
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.
basis bit chrysler local picked serious signal start table
Things at the local table picked up a bit yesterday. For Chrysler to start doing local negotiations on a serious basis this early, it may very well be a signal they want to get a settlement,
dealing difficult excellent good job people terms
There's a good mood, ... People know the union, and the company, by the way, have done an excellent job in terms of dealing with what was a very difficult situation.
business member union usual
Every member of our union realizes it's not business as usual anymore.
appear changed clearly tone weekend
The tone has changed clearly over the weekend and it would appear a settlement is imminent.
although close fall far feeling somewhat
We're close enough to do this, but far enough away to fall in the ditch, ... We're feeling somewhat better this morning, although we're not there.
cover economic finally pattern proposal table
We finally have the economic proposal on the table that does cover the pattern issue,
amount thrown
We've made a substantial amount of change, but no one is going to be thrown out of the street.