November 21, 2019 | CN, Headlines, Teamsters Canada
(Source: Bloomberg, November 21, 2019) OTTAWA — Pressure is mounting on Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to take action to end a railway strike that’s curtailing shipments of one the world’s biggest exporters of raw materials. Full story: Yahoo...
November 21, 2019 | CN, Headlines, Teamsters Canada
(Source: Reuters, November 20, 2019) MONTREAL — Shares of Canadian National Railway Co fell as much as 2.2% on Wednesday, as a strike by about 3,000 unionized workers, including conductors and yardmen, at the country’s biggest railroad entered the second day. Full...
November 21, 2019 | CN, Headlines, Teamsters Canada
(Source: The Star Phoenix, November 20, 2019) SASKATOON, Sask. — A Canadian National Railway employee suffered minor injuries after being hit by a pickup truck on a Saskatoon picket line hours after the railway union began a nationwide strike. “It’s unacceptable that...
November 20, 2019 | CN, Headlines, Teamsters Canada
(Source: Canadian Press, November 19, 2019) MONTREAL — A strike by roughly 3,200 Canadian National Railway Co. employees over working conditions is prompting warnings from the railroad’s clients that the work stoppage could trigger layoffs and closures in their...
November 20, 2019 | CN, Headlines, Teamsters Canada
(Source: Financial Post, November 18, 2019) MONTREAL — Canadian National workers have gone on strike during a critical shipping period for Western farmers, adding a new threat to wheat and oilseed sales already battered by trade tensions and difficult harvest...
November 20, 2019 | CN, Headlines, Teamsters Canada
(Source: Meadow Lake Now, November 19, 2019) MEADOW LAKE, Sask. — Several CN rail workers in the Battlefords joined a national strike this morning. About eight picketers were seen walking along 101st Street in front of the railway station. The workers, who have been...
November 20, 2019 | CN, Headlines, Teamsters Canada
(Source: Canadian Press, November 19, 2019) MONTREAL — The federal government has urged Canadian National Railway Co. and the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference to continue negotiating as the roughly 3,200 conductors, trainpersons and yard workers went on strike. The...
November 18, 2019 | CN, Headlines, Teamsters Canada
(Source: Teamsters Canada Rail Conference press release, November 16, 2019) MONTREAL, Quebec — Given a lack of progress at the bargaining table, the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference (TCRC) last night served notice of intent to strike to Canadian National Railway (CN)....
November 8, 2019 | CN, Headlines, Teamsters Canada
(Source: Western Producer, November 7, 2019) SASKATOON, Sask. — About 3,000 workers at Canada’s largest railway company could go on strike as early as Nov. 19. Last month, members of the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference (TCRC) including conductors, trainpersons and...
October 30, 2019 | CN, Headlines, Teamsters Canada
(Source: Saskatoon Star Phoenix, October 29, 2019) SASKATOON, Sask. — Saskatchewan farmers are growing concerned about the possibility of a strike at one the Canadian National Railway in the middle of what is expected to be a busy month of grain shipments following a...
