Teamsters Canada Rail Conference

Ottawa should stay out of rail bargaining, says Teamsters Canada

Teamsters Canada union leaders are urging federal officials in Ottawa to stay out of the collective bargaining process and back railway workers’ right to strike.

“The transportation industry’s most powerful chief executives have developed a way to sidestep union negotiations,” Francois Laporte, national president of Teamsters Canada, and Paul Boucher, president of the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference, wrote in an op-ed in Toronto’s Globe and Mail newspaper this week. “Here’s their playbook, as...

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New contract in sight for CN, Teamsters

Two months after a labor dispute shut down Canada’s rail network, a decision by the country’s labor board has sent the dispute to mediation between Canadian National and its largest union.

Mediation meetings between CN (NYSE: CNI) and the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference are slated over seven days in March 2025, the railroad said in a statement Wednesday. If a mediated settlement is not reached in that time, arbitration will be scheduled to take place in April. The arbitrator will then have 60...

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Analysis: Canada rail stoppage post-mortem

The good news: Canadian National and Canadian Pacific Kansas City trains are rolling just days after a work stoppage for the first time shut down most of the country’s rail network.

The restart of operations on the two largest railroads came after the Canada Industrial Relations Board on Saturday backed an order by Labor Minister Steven MacKinnon ending the lockout and sending the contract dispute between the railroads and the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference to binding arbitration.  

The...

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Union voting on whether to extend strike threat by CN, CPKC rail workers

The union representing more than 9,000 CN and CPKC workers has organized a second strike vote amid stalled contract negotiations with the railroads.

“It is clear we cannot rely on a timely conclusion to these unfortunate circumstances and must protect our rights regardless of outcome,” the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference (TCRC) said in a news release. On May 1, CN and CPKC rail workers voted to authorize a strike that could have begun on May 22.

Canadian Labor Minister Seamus O’Regan referred...

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Rail Roundup: Union Pacific ordered to fix service to Foster Farms

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STB orders UP to resolve service issues at Foster Farms

The Surface Transportation Board wants Union...

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Canadian Pacific gets regulatory OK on KCS deal, secures labor agreement

Canadian Pacific has received permission from U.S. federal regulators to pursue its acquisition of Kansas City Southern, the railway announced Tuesday.

The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States granted the regulatory clearance. The committee, which is affiliated with the U.S. Department of Treasury, reviews certain transactions involving foreign investment in the U.S. to determine their effect on national security.

In Tuesday’s announcement, CP said it expects the acquisition’s...

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CP to resume operations after railroad, Teamsters agree to binding arbitration

A red Canadian Pacific Railway train pulling tanker cars

Canadian Pacific Railway said it will resume operations after reaching an agreement with Teamsters Canada Rail Conference to resolve their labor dispute through binding arbitration.

CP (NYSE:CP) and the Teamsters announced the deal early Tuesday, a little more than two days after the company shut down its rail network at the start of a work stoppage. The company and the union had accused the other of initiating the work stoppage. 

The deal averts what was set to become yet another supply chain...

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‘Hell on wheels’: CP rail shutdown brings more pain to supply chain

A Canadian Pacific train on train tracks with the port of montreal in the background.

Two days after Canadian Pacific Railway shut down its rail network amid a labor dispute with more than 3,000 of its Teamsters-represented employees, the impacts to the supply chain are just getting started. 

The loss of Canada’s second-largest freight rail operator has stalled shipments of everything from grain to containers full of electronics headed to cities across Canada and the U.S. And it will soon inevitably bring backups to ports, including Vancouver, British Columbia, and Montreal. 

“This...

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CP shuts down rail service amid labor dispute

Canadian Pacific began a “structured shutdown” of its rail service across Canada after a breakdown in talks with the Teamsters union on Saturday led to a work stoppage by 3,000 train engineers, conductors and yard workers.

The union and railroad management blamed each other for causing the shutdown that places more pressure on U.S.-Canadian agriculture markets already straining from pandemic-related issues.

“We are very disappointed with this turn of events,” Dave Fulton, spokesperson for the...

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Canadian Pacific threatens lockout of Teamsters members

Canadian Pacific has notified the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference (TCRC) that it will lock out its members right after Sunday midnight if the sides fail to either negotiate a settlement or agree to binding arbitration for a new labor agreement.

CP (NYSE: CP) decided to take this action to prevent prolonged uncertainty. The railway will begin a work stoppage contingency plan and work with customers to achieve a smooth, efficient and safe wind-down of Canadian operations, CP said.

The railway...

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