May 8, 2018 | Canada, CP, Headlines
(Source: Bloomberg, May 8, 2018) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Every day for more than six months, Jessica Raycraft has confronted hulking mounds of evidence of the great Canadian bottleneck. They’re stranded on her farm — wheat, peas and canola in 300-foot-long,...
May 7, 2018 | CP, Headlines, Teamsters Canada
(Source: Reuters Canada, May 1, 2018) MONTREAL — Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd conductors and locomotive engineers will vote from May 14 to 23 on the company’s latest contract offer, the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference said on Tuesday, but added the union could still...
May 2, 2018 | CP, Headlines, Teamsters Canada
(Source: Teamsters Canada Rail Conference press release, May 1, 2018) LAVAL, QC — The Canada Industrial Relations Board will conduct the vote on Canadian Pacific’s (CP) final offer from May 14 to May 23, union officials today learned. The Teamsters Canada Rail...
May 1, 2018 | CN, CP, Headlines
(Source: The Western Producer, April 30, 2018) SASKATOON, Sask. — The number of hoppers cars being spotted at western Canadian grain elevators continues to improve at Canadian National Railway, while weekly hopper car deliveries at Canadian Pacific Railway continue to...
April 30, 2018 | CP, Headlines, Teamsters Canada
(Source: Manitoba Cooperator, April 26, 2018) WINNIPEG — A pending strike at CP Rail will hit Manitoba farmers especially hard, says Dan Mazier, president of the Keystone Agricultural Producers (KAP). Full story: Manitoba Cooperator
April 27, 2018 | CN, CP, Headlines
(Source: Canadian Press, April 27, 2018) TORONTO — Fertilizer giant Nutrien Ltd. says it will temporarily lay off up to 1,300 workers at two of its potash mines in Saskatchewan. The layoff is directly related to rail transportation backlogs, the possibility of a...
April 25, 2018 | CP, Headlines, Teamsters Canada
(Source: Global News, April 24, 2018) MONTREAL — Alberta’s forestry sector, already facing challenges from softwood tariffs imposed by the United States and the growing threat of the mountain pine beetle, fears a labour disruption at CP Rail could make a tough...
April 23, 2018 | CP, Headlines, Teamsters Canada
(Source: Bloomberg, April 21, 2018) NEW YORK — After agreeing at the last minute to stave off a strike, unions at Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. are urging their members to reject the company’s offer and say it’s only a matter of time before they walk off the job. Full...
April 23, 2018 | CP, Headlines, Teamsters Canada
(Source: Teamsters Canada press release, April 20, 2018) CALGARY — The Minister of Labour, on the advice of federal mediators, has agreed to Canadian Pacific’s request to order a vote on a final offer to renew their collective agreements with the Teamsters Canada Rail...
April 20, 2018 | CP, Headlines, Teamsters Canada
(Source: Canadian Press, April 19, 2018) CALGARY — Canadian Pacific Railway says it has begun shutting down train operations ahead of a possible strike set to start Saturday by two unionized workforces. Full story: Ottawa Citizen
