June 13, 2025 | Canada, CPKC, News, Top News
A Canadian arbitrator appointed to resolve the contract dispute between members of Teamsters Canada Rail Conference (TCRC) and CPKC rendered his decision on May 30. The imposed contract provides 3% general wage increases annually for 2024, 2025, 2026, and 2027. In...
April 9, 2025 | Canada, CN, Headlines, Teamsters Canada
(Source: Teamsters Canada press release, April 8, 2025) Laval, QC, April 7, 2025 – The following statement is attributable to Paul Boucher, President, Teamsters Canada Rail Conference: Today, the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference (Teamsters) received the arbitrator’s...
January 9, 2025 | Canada, Headlines, Mexico, Railroad Security
(Source: Trains.com, January 9, 2025) Federal regulators will attempt to close security gaps on the U.S. rail system for exports destined for Mexico and Canada through a new rulemaking by U.S. Customs and Border Protection. The proposed rule, posted Wednesday, Jan....
September 10, 2024 | Canada, CN, CPKC, Headlines, Teamsters Canada
(Source: The Conversation, August 7, 2024) On Aug. 24, Canada’s federal labour board ordered the Canadian National (CN) and Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPK) railways, along with over 9,000 workers, to return to work and enter binding arbitration to produce a new...
September 5, 2024 | Canada, CN, CPKC, Headlines, Teamsters Canada
(Source: Teamsters Canada Rail Conference press release, August 30, 2024) The Teamsters Canada Rail Conference (Teamsters) filed appeals challenging the decisions that led to binding arbitration being imposed on workers at CN and CPKC, effectively stripping them of...
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 24, 2024 | Canada, CN, CPKC, News, Teamsters Canada, Top News
Sean O’Brien, General President of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, and François Laporte, President of Teamsters Canada, were on the picket line at CPKC’s headquarters in Calgary on August 23. ____________________ The Teamsters Canada Rail Conference (TCRC)...
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...
