August 16, 2022 | Contract Agreement, CP, Headlines, Teamsters Canada
(Source: Canadian Pacific Railway press release, August 15, 2022) CALGARY — Canadian Pacific Railway Limited today announced a new two-year collective agreement with the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference (TCRC) – Train and Engine following binding arbitration. The new...
April 1, 2022 | Canada, CP, Headlines, Teamsters Canada
(Source: Trains Magazine, March 31, 2022) CALGARY, Alberta — The degradation of air brakes in extreme cold, the limited effectiveness of current train brake tests, and inadequate training and experience of supervisory personnel contributed to the 2019 Canadian Pacific...
April 1, 2022 | CP, Headlines, Teamsters Canada
(Source: Railway Age, March 31, 2022) NEW YORK — Canada’s Transportation Safety Board (TSB) at a March 31 news conference released its investigation report of Canadian Pacific’s Feb. 4, 2019 train derailment on the Laggan Subdivision near Field, British Columbia. CP...
March 29, 2022 | CP, Headlines, Teamsters Canada, War on Workers
(Source: RankAndFile.ca, March 25, 2022) OTTAWA — CP Rail workers and management entered binding arbitration to resolve their labor dispute on March 22 — three days after workers were locked out by the employer. There was immense pressure on the Teamsters and CP Rail...
March 28, 2022 | CP, National Negotiations 2019, News, SMART-TD, Teamsters Canada
By Dennis R. Pierce, BLET National President (BLET Editor’s Note: The following message from President Pierce has been excepted from the January-March 2022 issue of the Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen News.) INDEPENDENCE, Ohio, March 28 — In the piece that I wrote...
March 25, 2022 | Canada, CP, Headlines, Teamsters Canada
(Source: Canadian Press, March 23, 2022) CALGARY — Business groups advocating for rail to be declared an essential service in the wake of this week’s temporary work stoppage at Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. say a “permanent” solution is needed to...
March 23, 2022 | Canada, CEO Pay, CP, Headlines, Teamsters Canada
(Source: Press Progress, March 22, 2022) OTTAWA, Ontario — During CP Rail’s labor battle with railway workers, management at the multibillion dollar company has attempted to sway public opinion against workers by suggesting their railway workers are overpaid. However,...
March 23, 2022 | Canada, CP, Headlines, Teamsters Canada
(Source: Canadian Press, March 22, 2022) CALGARY — Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. rail employees are back on the job, but one labor relations expert says it could take weeks before matters are settled between the country’s second-largest railway and the union...
March 22, 2022 | Canada, CP, Headlines, Teamsters Canada
(Source: Teamsters Canada Rail Conference press release, March 22, 2022) CALGARY — The Teamsters Canada Rail Conference (TCRC) and Canadian Pacific (CP) have agreed to final and binding arbitration. In such a process, both parties agree to accept the...
March 21, 2022 | Canada, Contract Negotiations, CP, Headlines, Teamsters Canada
(Source: Teamsters Canada Rail Conference press release, March 19, 2022) CALGARY — Despite the best efforts of the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference (TCRC) Negotiating Committee, there will be a lockout tonight at Canadian Pacific (CP). A lockout is a work stoppage...
