Posted AT 4:51 PM EST on 06/09/08
New CAW leader vows to take on Conservatives
TORONTO — Canada's largest private sector union celebrated the end of an era on Saturday as its members said goodbye to long-standing president Buzz Hargrove and unanimously elected Ken Lewenza as his successor.
Mr. Lewenza joins the Canadian Auto Workers after a stint as president of Local 444 in Windsor, Ont.
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