August 25, 2014 | Headlines, Oil Train, Teamsters Canada
(Source: Teamsters Canada press release, August 22, 2014) LAVAL, Quebec — The Teamsters Union had been impatiently awaiting the press conference held by the Transportation Safety Board (TSB) to present its report on the Lac-Mégantic disaster. The government...
August 21, 2014 | Headlines, Teamsters Canada
(Source: Teamsters Canada Rail Conference press release, August 19, 2014) TORONTO — The workers of Bombardier (which operate GO Transit) ratified a new collective agreement on August 15 after 20 months of bargaining that began in fall 2012. The new agreement will...
August 1, 2014 | CP, Headlines, Teamsters Canada
(Source: Canadian Pacific Railway press release, July 31, 2014) CALGARY, Alberta — Canadian Pacific and the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference Rail Canada Traffic Controllers (TCRC-RCTC) announced today that they have reached a tentative six-year labour agreement...
July 23, 2014 | CP, Headlines, Teamsters Canada
(Source: News 1130, July 22, 2014) VANCOUVER, B.C. — Are trains in Canada being run safely? That’s a question being raised by the union that represents locomotive engineers and conductors at CP Rail. Union Vice-President Douglas Finnson says non-unionized managers,...
May 15, 2014 | CP, Headlines, Teamsters Canada
(Source: Revelstoke Times Review, May 14, 2014) REVELSTOKE, B.C. — Ask any railroader in town their opinion on Hunter Harrison and you’ll almost certainly hear a string of expletives surrounding his name. When Harrison was appointed and company-wide layoffs were...
