In memory of Buzz Hargrove

Robin Rowland 

In memory of the late  Basil “Buzz” Hargrove (1944-2025) , president of the Canadian Autoworkers Union from 1998 to 2008,  who on August 23, 2005, took time out from CAW negotiations with Ford to express solidarity with the locked out CBC employees.

CAW president Buzz Hargrove expresses solidarity with locked out CBC employees in Toronto, August 23, 2005 . Hargrove took time out from CAW negotiatons  with Ford to join the CBC picket line. (Robin Rowland)

 

CBC News story

Labour giant, former Canadian Auto Workers head Buzz Hargrove has died
Hargrove was CAW’s national president from 1992 until his retirement in 2008

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