November 25, 2019 | CN, Headlines, Teamsters Canada
(Source: Bloomberg, November 23, 2019) OTTAWA — Canada’s $1.7 trillion economy has long been closely tied to the ebbs and flows of global trade. Now, a homegrown crisis threatens to hobble its export industries and stunt its already weak growth. Full story: Financial...
November 25, 2019 | CN, Headlines, Teamsters Canada
(Source: Globe and Mail, November 24, 2019) WINNIPEG, Manitoba — Bev Wieben is a farmer in northwestern Alberta’s Peace region, a slice of the province where roughly one-third of the crops remain unharvested. Farmers in the area ship grain on the Canadian National...
November 25, 2019 | CN, Headlines, Teamsters Canada
(Source: www.rabble.ca, November 24, 2019) CALGARY — Here in Alberta, what news coverage there has been about the strike for safer working conditions by Canadian National Railway train crews and rail yard workers has focused on the increasingly agitated calls by...
November 25, 2019 | CN, Headlines, Teamsters Canada
(Source: Reuters, November 25, 2019) TORONTO — Labor union Teamsters Canada said on Monday it has made no progress in reaching an agreement with Canadian National Railway Co, the country’s biggest railroad. Full story: Reuters
November 22, 2019 | CN, Headlines, Teamsters Canada
(Source: Industry Week, November 21, 2019) SEATTLE — Steel, copper, aluminum and zinc shipments between the U.S. and Canada are at risk from a strike at Canadian National Railway Co. In the U.S., Union Pacific Corp., the largest freight rail provider in the West...
November 22, 2019 | CN, Headlines, Teamsters Canada
(Source: Freight Waves, November 21, 2019) TORONTO — Nearly three days into a strike by thousands of Canadian National rail workers, the ripple through Canada’s supply chain intensified across the country as pressure mounted on the federal government to end the strike...
November 22, 2019 | CN, Headlines, Teamsters Canada
(Source: Reuters, November 12, 2019) WINNIPEG/MONTREAL — Shippers scrambled to shift freight onto trucks on Thursday as a strike at Canada’s biggest railroad, Canadian National Railway Co CNR.TO, entered its third day and left many goods stranded. Full story:...
November 22, 2019 | CN, Headlines, Teamsters Canada
(Source: National Post, November 21, 2019) OTTAWA — Federal ministers expressed faith in the collective bargaining process and would not comment on the possibility of back to work legislation, as a national railway strike continued into its third day on Thursday. Full...
November 22, 2019 | CN, Headlines, Teamsters Canada
(Source: Teamsters Canada press release, November 22, 2019) MONTREAL — The widely reported propane shortage in Ontario and Québec appears to be largely manufactured by Canadian National Railway (CN). Despite the strike by members of the Teamsters Canada Rail...
November 22, 2019 | CN, Headlines, Teamsters Canada
(Source: Reuters Canada, November 22, 2019) MONTREAL — A strike at Canada’s biggest railroad, Canadian National Railway Co, entered its fourth day on Friday amid ongoing talks, but the Teamsters union said in a statement that “no substantive progress” has been made on...
