TORONTO, Sept. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Delegates representing CAW members from across Canada elected Ken Lewenza today as the new national president to lead the country's largest private sector union.

The president of the Canadian Auto Workers union, Buzz Hargrove, announced in Toronto Tuesday he will retire in September. Hargrove has led the CAW since 1992, seven years after it split off from the United Auto Workers, the Globe and Mail reported.

By Romina Maurino, THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO - The Canadian Auto Workers union has walked away empty-handed from a second meeting with General Motors, saying it "didn't get very far" with its attempts to persuade the company to reverse a decision to close a truck plant in Oshawa, Ont.

By THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO - The Canadian Auto Workers will meet with General Motors (NYSE:GM) today to try to end a dispute over a planned closure of the automaker's truck plant in Oshawa, Ont. CAW local 222 chairman Keith Osborne says the meeting was arranged Monday at GM's request.

DETROIT _ Canadian Auto Workers President Buzz Hargrove said the union is considering all options of protest including a strike after General Motors Corp.'s top leadership failed to give any hope that the automaker would keep the Oshawa, Ontario, truck assembly plant open.