(Source: Reuters, December 20, 2019)
MONTREAL — A Canadian union is taking the unusual step of pursuing contempt-of-court charges against Canada’s second-largest railroad, in a previously unreported case that escalates the debate over working hours for railroad employees, according to two sources and legal documents. The Teamsters union argued in court filings that Canadian Pacific Railway should face contempt fines of C$50,000 a day for making its conductors and locomotive engineers stay late, despite an arbitrator’s decision that ends duty after their shifts.
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