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...
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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.
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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.
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I have decided in 1996 that the Chrysler workers will lead the bargaining,
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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,
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Workers everywhere are just starting to say, 'Look, we're fed up with this. We're going to start demanding that we have respect and we have job security and we have decent wages and benefits,'
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We faced one of the most difficult challenges in bargaining that we have in a good many years, ... the Ford workers probably knew that more than anyone, given the amount of downtime they've had, given the uncertainty, the media speculation of workplace closures and layoffs.
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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.
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We thought this would be a lot easier than it's turned out to be,
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Every member of our union realizes it's not business as usual anymore.
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We will move ahead and we will have a stronger position in terms of progressive politics down the road.
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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 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.
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On the major issues that face us, we have made absolutely no progress at all,