Shippers on both sides of the cross-border supply chain are bracing for an unprecedented shutdown of Canada’s largest rail networks that could disrupt freight traffic, including peak season intermodal shipments and the critical fall grain harvest.
The contract dispute covers a combined 9,300 union employees ranging from train crews to dispatchers at Canadian National (CN) and Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC), the country’s largest railroads. Employees represented by the Teamsters Canada Rail...