Farewell To Buzz Hargrove, Who Taught Me So Much

The CAW president died this weekend at age 81

Journalists who cover the automobile industry always loved going over to Canada. Executives talked more candidly, union leaders were blunt, auto workers gave us their unvarnished opinions.

One of the most admired people on the Canadian scene was Basil “Buzz” Hargrove, who was president of the Canadian Auto Workers union from 1992 to 2008.

That long tenur…