February 10, 2020 | CP, Headlines, Teamsters Canada
(Source: CBC News, February 7, 2020) MONTREAL — The federal government’s order to reduce train speeds as a safety measure following a fiery derailment in Saskatchewan will mean longer hours for rail workers, a union representative says. Transport Minister Marc...
February 5, 2020 | CP, Headlines, Teamsters Canada
(Source: CBC News, February 4, 2020) CALGARY — One year after a Canadian Pacific Rail derailment in Field, B.C., that killed three men, families of two of the victims are asking CP employees who may have information about what happened to speak out. The families say...
February 4, 2020 | CP, Headlines, Teamsters Canada
(Source: CBC News, February 4, 2020) CALGARY — A metal CP Rail car ripped in half. An orange tarp shrouding the overturned locomotive. A dusting of snow covering the site while heavy machinery removes 99 derailed grain cars, most of them lying smashed along a...
February 3, 2020 | CN, Headlines, Teamsters Canada
(Source: Canadian Press, January 31, 2020) MONTREAL — Teamsters Canada says rail workers have approved a three-year collective agreement with Canadian National Railway Co. The union says the agreement improves on safety and worker exhaustion, but Teamsters Canada...
February 3, 2020 | CN, Headlines, Teamsters Canada
(Source: Teamsters Canada Rail Conference press release, January 31, 2020) MONTREAL — Conductors, yard workers and trainpersons employed by Canadian National Railway (CN) have voted 91.3% to ratify a new 3-year collective agreement. The over 3,000 workers are...
January 29, 2020 | CP, Headlines, Teamsters Canada
(Source: Global News, January 29, 2020) CALGARY — Nearly a year after a tragic train derailment claimed the lives of three Calgarians working for Canadian Pacific Railway (CP), the RCMP has been asked to do an independent criminal investigation into the crash after...
January 28, 2020 | CP, Headlines, Teamsters Canada
(Source: www.cbc.ca, January 27, 2020) MONTREAL — The lead safety investigator looking into the fatal runaway crash of a Canadian Pacific Railway freight train last February at the Spiral Tunnels near Field, B.C., says the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) should...
January 28, 2020 | CP, Headlines, Teamsters Canada
(Source: Teamsters Canada press release, January 27, 2020) MONTREAL — Following allegations of a cover-up by the Canadian Pacific Police Service (CPPS) in relation to the Field derailment, the Teamsters are calling for an independent RCMP investigation into the deadly...
January 21, 2020 | Canada, Headlines, Teamsters Canada
(Source: Freight Waves, January 21, 2020) CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — Canadian grain groups are taking a fresh look at pressing government officials to enact legislation that would address how the country can continue shipping grain and grain products in the event of a...
January 16, 2020 | Headlines, Short Line, Teamsters Canada
(Source: Ontario Northland press release, January 15, 2020) NORTH BAY, Ontario — Ontario Northland and Teamsters Canada Rail Conference Maintenance of Way Employees Division (TCRC MWED) are pleased to announce a tentative labor agreement has been reached. Teamsters...
