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Video: TCRC comments on back to work legislation
(Source: Straight Goods News, May 28, 2012) OTTAWA, Ontario — Teamsters Canada Rail Conference Vice President and Negotiator Doug Finnson discusses the back to work legislation tabled in the house by Lisa Raitt, and circumstances surrounding the negotiations. Full...
Canadian government seeks to legislate an end to CP Rail strike
(Source: Financial Post, May 30, 2012) OTTAW, Ontario — Federal labour minster Lisa Raitt tabled a back-to-work bill in Parliament Monday to put an end to a strike at Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. Ms. Raitt also put forth a motion to expedite the bill’s passage...
Workers get railroaded by Conservatives: Understanding the TCRC strike at CP Rail
(Source: Rabble.ca, May 29, 2012) On May 23, 4,800 CP Rail workers went on strike after giving a 72-hour strike notice on May 19. The workers, represented by the Teamsters Rail Conference of Canada, had voted 95 per cent in favour of a strike on April 27. The major...
TCRC: ‘All we want is to bargain’
(Source: Sudbury Star, May 28, 2012) SUDBURY, Ontario — Ryan Rushton knew the shoe would drop, but that didn't make it any easier to accept. Rushton, a picket captain for the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference Local 308 in Sudbury, and about a dozen picketers spent...
Canada’s Senate to consider bill ending TCRC strike at CP Rail
(Source: Bloomberg News, May 30, 2012) NEW YORK — Canada’s House of Commons passed legislation forcing an end to the weeklong strike at Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. that clogged industry supply chains and hampered traffic at the country’s two biggest ports. The law,...
Teamsters endorse President Obama
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, May 7, 2012) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Teamsters Union today endorsed President Barack Obama for re-election with the enthusiastic support of the 2,000 Teamsters gathered at the 2012 Unity Conference....
BLET National Division office closed on Memorial Day
CLEVELAND, May 25 — In observance of the upcoming Memorial Day holiday, the BLET National Division headquarters will be closed on Monday, May 28. Regular office hours will resume on Tuesday, May 29. BLET National President Dennis Pierce thanked all veterans for their...
Winnipeg seen as ideal rail hub for Canada, Mexico trade
(Source: Winnipeg Free Press, May 25, 2012) WINNIPEG — Winnipeg is being touted as a distribution centre for frozen foods shipped by rail between Canada and Mexico. Trucks are currently the mode of choice for hauling frozen food by land between Canada and Mexico....
Railroad stocks mixed at close of May 24 trading
(Source: Associated Press, May 24, 2012) NEW YORK — Shares of some top railroad companies were mixed at the close of trading including CSX, which fell 0.6 percent, and Union Pacific, which rose 0.4 percent. Full story: CBS News
CSX’s Ward favors West Coast port growth
(Source: Journal of Commerce, May 24, 2012) WASHINGTON, D.C. — According to the Journal of Commerce, CSX Transportation CEO Michael Ward said he would prefer West Coast port growth to East Coast port expansion, because shipments from the West would less likely be...
