NEWSMAKER-CAW's Hargrove to step down amid industry crisis

By Cameron French

TORONTO, July 8 (Reuters) - After 16 years of fighting to hold the line on jobs and wages as head of the Canadian Auto Workers union, Basil "Buzz" Hargrove will step down in the midst of a deepening crisis engulfing the North American motor vehicle industry.

Hargrove, who has led the CAW -- Canada's biggest private-sector union -- since 1992, said on Tuesday he will retire after a vote is held to elect his successor. The vote will be held by Sept. 15 at ...