Teamsters Canada Rail Conference Provided Notice of Lockout by Canadian Pacific Railway
Canadian Pacific (CP) have served the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference (TCRC) with notice of lockout. In the event there is not a negotiated settlement between the parties, CP will lockout the Union on March 20, 2022 at 0001 a.m.
Update on Canadian Pacific Bargaining
With less than 36 hours to go before the deadline decreed by Canadian Pacific (CP), the Teamsters Union is providing an update on negotiations.
Teamsters Release Recording of CN Ordering Fatigued Conductor to Work
Teamsters Canada today released a recording of a CN supervisor, a chief rail traffic controller (RTC), ordering a fatigued conductor to continue working for several hours.
Teamsters Statement on Arbitration Decision at CN
Today, the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference (Teamsters) received the arbitrator's decision regarding the terms of its new collective agreement with Canadian National (CN)
Teamsters Commend Crew After CN Train Catches Fire in Northern Ontario Wildfire Zone
A video circulating widely on social media shows a CN freight train engulfed in flames in Northern Ontario. The train was operated by members of the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference (TCRC). Thanks to the crew’s quick and professional response, no one was injured.
Sign the Petitions for Justice on the Railroad
The first petition aims to free Transportation Safety Board (TSB) investigators to speak out in the name of justice and accountability for railway tragedies.
Teamsters Statement on TSB Report into Pierre-Luc Levesque’s Death
Today, the Transportation Safety Board (TSB) released its report into the accident which took the life of Brother Pierre-Luc Levesque, a CN conductor/foreman trainee, in Edmundston, New Brunswick, on December 4, 2018.
Fatal Accident at CN Rail Yard in Pointe-Saint-Charles, Montréal
A conductor working for Canadian National (CN) died yesterday afternoon at the Pointe-Saint-Charles rail yard in Montréal.
Work Stoppage at Canadian Pacific
Despite the best efforts of the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference (TCRC) Negotiating Committee, there will be a lockout tonight at Canadian Pacific (CP). A lockout is a work stoppage initiated by company management during a labour dispute. Unlike a strike, in which employees refuse to work, a lockout is initiated by the employer.
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.
