Teamsters Appeal Binding Arbitration Order
The Teamsters Canada Rail Conference (Teamsters) filed appeals challenging the decisions that led to binding arbitration being imposed on workers at CN and CPKC, effectively stripping them of their right to collectively bargain.
They have let down all the workers of this country, and we will not...
Federal Labour Minister Steven MacKinnon abused his power by establishing a system where he alone can unilaterally end job action in the federally regulated private sector.
Rail Workers Ordered Back to Work
The Canada Industrial Relations Board (CIRB) has ruled to allow federal Labour Minister Steven MacKinnon to end job action in Canada's rail sector and impose binding arbitration.
Teamsters Statement on Strike Notice to CN
At 10:00 a.m. eastern today, the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference served CN with a strike notice effective Monday, August 26, at 10:00 a.m.
Teamsters Take Down Picket Lines CN; CPKC Work Stoppage Ongoing
François Laporte, President of Teamsters Canada, and Sean O’Brien, General President of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT), are on the picket line this morning at CPKC’s headquarters in Calgary.
Our members at CN and CPKC are out on the streets across Canada
François Laporte, President of Teamsters Canada, and Paul Boucher, President of the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference (TCRC), are at the rally this morning at CN’s headquarters in Montreal, standing with Teamsters from CN who have been locked out by the billionaire company, just like their brothers and sisters at CPKC.
CN and CPKC Begin Lockout
Despite months of good faith negotiations on the part of the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference, parties remain far apart, and both CN and CPKC have began their lockout of 00:01 today.
Before things go off the rails
The Teamsters Canada Rail Conference has received lockout notices for close to 10,000 CN and Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) railway employees. Unless a last-minute agreement is reached, a work stoppage will occur this Thursday, August 22 at 00:01.
Teamsters Receive Lockout Notice From CN
Work stoppage still set for 00:01 on Thursday, August 22, unless parties reach last-minute agreement
Teamsters Serve Strike Notice to CPKC
Work stoppage still set for 00:01 on Thursday, August 22, unless parties reach last-minute agreement
