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...
few issues job next optimistic position reducing relief security solve stuck
I'm more optimistic today, we should be able to do this in the next few hours. The only way we couldn't is if they stuck to their position on reducing our relief and didn't solve the job security issues in St. Catharines, Windsor, Oshawa and Woodstock.
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,
cause issue street tomorrow
I don't see an issue out there that would cause us to be out on the street tomorrow at midnight.
ford guys time
I don't want to downplay what Cordiano and those guys did ... but at no time in the discussions did Ford say we can't (cut further) because of this (deal) with the government,
powers
If you devolve all the powers to the provinces, what do you have left?
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,
greatly likelihood midnight strike tomorrow
The likelihood of a strike tomorrow at midnight is greatly reduced.
likelihood midnight progress reduced strike tomorrow
The likelihood of a strike at midnight tomorrow is reduced substantially by the progress we made over the weekend.
guess problem
Am I a little more optimistic? I guess you could say yes. The only problem we still have is there are still some offsets we find offensive.
ability buy employers home issues people raise roots saying wing
All these issues are the same. The right wing and the employers are saying that people shouldn't have security, but people should have the ability to put roots down and buy a home and raise a family.
solve
We have to solve that or it's a showstopper for sure.