Buzz Hargrove was the national president of the CAW from 1992 until his retirement in September 2008. Born and raised in Bath, New Brunswick, the former Windsor, Ontario, autoworker, along with UAW Canadian Director Bob White, helped found the CAW. A former VP of the executive committee of the Canadian Labour Congress, Hargrove has also written an autobiography entitled Labour of Love. Named an Officer of the Order of Canada in 2008, Hargrove is a member of the NHLPA’s advisory board, a Distinguished visiting Professor at Ryerson University and the co-host of BNN’s Buzz Cuts. He lives outside of Toronto.
