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 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...
