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 21, 2024 | CN, Contract Negotiations, CPKC, News, Teamsters Canada, Top News
Roughly 10,000 members of the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference will be able to strike, or will be locked out by management, if a settlement is not reached by August 22. Photo courtesy of TCRC ____________________ BLET members in the United States are standing with our...
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 | 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 | 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...
May 17, 2024 | CN, CSX, Headlines, STB, UP
(Source: Trains.com, May 16, 2024) Canadian National, CSX, and Union Pacific last week asked a federal appeals court to set aside the Surface Transportation Board’s new reciprocal switching rule, which will allow sole-served shippers in terminal areas to request...
May 10, 2024 | CN, News, Short Line, Tentative Contract
Ballots were mailed last week to BLET members to vote on a tentative implementing agreement regarding Canadian National-Illinois Central Railway’s (CN-IC) acquisition of the Iowa Northern Railway. Ballots were mailed to about 550 members. The tentative implementing...
May 9, 2024 | CN, Contract Agreement, News
Nine Canadian National/Wisconsin Central (CN/WC) divisions that comprise the GCA voted unanimously April 24 that in favor of a new quality of life agreement that covers roughly 600 locomotive engineers. General Chairman Eric Hau said the goal was “to attract, retain,...
