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CP engineers, conductors halt strike

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff February 16, 2015

Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) and its unionized conductors, engineers, trainmen and yardmen agreed Monday to binding arbitration in their contract talks, ending a strike the day after it began. The end of the strike, which began Sunday just after midnight, comes under the threat of federal back-to-work legislation, which was due to be tabled Monday […] Read more

Kellie Leitch speaking in Ottawa in March 2014. (Labour.gc.ca)

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Railway back-to-work legislation going to Commons

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff February 16, 2015

Back-to-work legislation to halt a day-old strike by engineers and conductors at Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) is scheduled for introduction Monday in the House of Commons. Federal Labour Minister Kellie Leitch is booked on the Commons’ order paper for Monday to introduce “An Act to provide for the continuation and resumption of rail service operations.” […] Read more

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CP’s engineers, conductors on strike

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff February 15, 2015

Engineers, conductors, trainmen and yardmen for Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) are on strike after 11th-hour talks ended Saturday night without a new agreement. “Picket lines are now being set up across Canada and the rail shutdown is happening,” Doug Finnson, president of the workers’ union, the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference (TCRC), said in a release […] Read more

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CN reaches tentative labour deal with engineers

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff February 14, 2015

Canadian National Railway’s (CN) 1,800-odd locomotive engineers will remain on the job until April at least, after tentatively agreeing to a new three-year labour deal with the company. The agreement, reached Saturday, now goes to a ratification vote for the unionized engineers, represented by the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference (TCRC). Vote results are expected to […] Read more

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Another union serves CP with strike notice

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff February 12, 2015

Barring last-minute deals or back-to-work legislation, staff handling locomotive and rail car inspection, maintenance and repair at Canadian Pacific Railway may join the company’s engineers and conductors on strike Sunday. Unifor, which represents about 1,800 CP employees, announced Thursday it served CP late Wednesday night with strike notice for 12:01 a.m. Sunday (Feb. 15), following […] Read more

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Labour minister says CP, engineers urged to bargain

By Reuters February 11, 2015

Vancouver | Reuters — Federal Labour Minister Kellie Leitch on Wednesday said she was encouraging the parties at Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) to bargain, but declined to speculate on what Ottawa might do if workers went out on strike. CP said its managers will be ready to take over if the railway’s engineers and conductors […] Read more

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CP conductors, engineers serve strike notice

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff February 10, 2015

Unionized engineers and conductors on Canadian Pacific Railway’s (CP) trains have served formal notice they’ll strike Sunday, barring a negotiated deal with the company. The Teamsters Canada Rail Conference (TCRC), which represents CP’s locomotive engineers, conductors, trainmen and yardmen, said Tuesday it’s notified CP that the affected workers will strike effective 12:01 a.m. Sunday “in […] Read more

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Strike vote passes for CP engineers, conductors

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff February 9, 2015

Canadian Pacific Railway’s unionized conductors and engineers have voted to give themselves a trump card in talks with the company for a new contract. Eligible employees voted 93 per cent in favour of strike action “if necessary” to reach a negotiated settlement with the company, according to their union, the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference (TCRC). […] Read more

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Prairie shippers’ group expands grain car tracking

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff February 3, 2015

A clutch of Prairie grain industry stakeholders says its pool of weekly data on rail car spotting is getting deeper and still shows significant shortfalls in car delivery from Canada’s big two railways. The Ag Transport Coalition on Tuesday released a performance measurement update, which it says now includes aggregate data from shippers representing about 85 […] Read more

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Grain shippers’ data show ongoing rail supply/demand gap

By Dave Bedard January 26, 2015

Numbers newly crunched by a clutch of Canadian grain shippers paint a picture of a gap that’s wide, and getting wider, between the numbers of rail cars they say they need and what they say they’re getting. The Ag Transport Coalition — which so far includes eight Canadian grain-handling and crop commodity groups, working with […] Read more

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CP engineers, conductors halt strike

Railway back-to-work legislation going to Commons

CP’s engineers, conductors on strike

CN reaches tentative labour deal with engineers

Another union serves CP with strike notice

Labour minister says CP, engineers urged to bargain

CP conductors, engineers serve strike notice

Strike vote passes for CP engineers, conductors

Prairie shippers’ group expands grain car tracking

Grain shippers’ data show ongoing rail supply/demand gap

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