The Port of Halifax in Nova Scotia, Canada, is bracing for operational impacts should the two major freight railways and their union employees fail to reach a labor agreement later this year and go on strike.
“Supply chains are interconnected, and what happens to one partner will have a domino effect on another. The Port of Halifax is monitoring for potential impacts,” Port of Halifax spokesperson Lori MacLean told Container News.
Industry stakeholders have been concerned that members of the...
The Teamsters Canada Rail Conference (TCRC), a union representing more than 9,000 employees at Canadian National Railway Co. (CN) and Canadian Pacific Kansas City Ltd. (CPKC), announced that their membership voted in favor of a strike with a high percentage of 95.3%.
The contract between the rail lines and the union workers expired on 21 December 2023.
Teamsters said, “As an update on the next steps, we have previously outlined the timeline involved in the Canada Labour Code regarding the...
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