(Source: Financial Post, May 21, 2013)
OTTAWA — Concerns are being raised that efforts to improve efficiency at Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. are contributing to a series of accidents at the railroad in recent months, including two more this week. Bill Brehl, Teamsters Canada Rail Conference Maintenance of Way Employees Division president, said that while this is ostensibly about greater accountability, it has created a culture where employees and management alike are shifting blame and he said he feared shortcuts would be taken in the name of efficiency at the cost of safety.
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