August 26, 2024 | Canada, CN, CPKC, Headlines, Teamsters Canada
(Source: Associated Press, August 24, 2024) The Canadian arbitrator appointed to resolve a messy railroad labor dispute to protect the North American economy has ordered employees at the country’s two major railroads back to work so both can resume operating. “This...
August 23, 2024 | Canada, CN, CPKC, Headlines, Teamsters Canada
(Source: Associated Press, August 23, 2024) Freight trains in Canada could be running again within days after the government forced the country’s two major railroads into arbitration with their labor union Thursday, a move aimed at averting potentially dire economic...
August 22, 2024 | Canada, CN, CPKC, Headlines, Teamsters Canada
(Source: Teamsters Canada press release, August 22, 2024) Despite months of good faith negotiations on the part of the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference, parties remain far apart, and both CN and CPKC have began their lockout of 00:01 today. “Throughout this process,...
August 20, 2024 | Canada, CN, CPKC, Headlines, Teamsters Canada
(Source: CBC News, August 19, 2024) Labor Minister Steve MacKinnon will meet with representatives of Canada’s two main rail companies and unions as the deadline to avoid an unprecedented service shutdown approaches. Both the Canadian National Railway and the...
August 19, 2024 | Canada, CN, Headlines, Teamsters Canada
(Source: Teamsters Canada Rail Conference press release, August 18, 2024) The Teamsters Canada Rail Conference (Teamsters) today received 72-hour lockout notice from CN. Unless parties reach last-minute agreements, a work stoppage will occur at 00:01 on Thursday,...
August 16, 2024 | Headlines, Long Trains, PSR, Shippers, STB
(Source: Trains.com, August 15, 2024) The Surface Transportation Board will hear from more than three dozen participants during its two-day hearing next month regarding recent trends and strategies for growth in freight railroad traffic. The hearing, set to begin at...
August 16, 2024 | Canada, CN, CPKC, Headlines, Teamsters Canada
(Source: CTV News, August 15, 2024) Labour Minister Steve MacKinnon has rejected the Canadian National Railway Company’s request to intervene in the ongoing labour dispute between the company and the union representing railway employees. The decision by Prime Minister...
August 15, 2024 | East Palestine-NS, EPA, Headlines
(Source: Associated Press, August 14, 2024) The creeks around East Palestine, Ohio, were so badly contaminated by last year’s disastrous Norfolk Southern derailment that some workers became sick during the cleanup. The findings were not released to the public last...
August 15, 2024 | CN, CPKC, Headlines, Teamsters Canada
(Source: Supply Chain Dive, August 14, 2024) Canada’s major rail carriers are imposing more freight embargoes as they prepare for a potential work stoppage later this month, according to service notices issued August 13. Full story: Supply Chain...
August 13, 2024 | Headlines, UP
(Source: Associated Press, August 9, 2024) The nation’s largest railroad has told the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen union that Union Pacific isn’t getting enough work out of its engineers anymore under the new schedules and had to hire more workers...
