Voting Dates on CP Final Offer Now Known
The Canada Industrial Relations Board will conduct the vote on Canadian Pacific’s (CP) final offer from May 14 to May 23, union officials today learned. The Teamsters Canada Rail Conference (TCRC) is urging their members to reject the company’s offer.
Negotiations at VIA Rail: The Teamsters Union and the employer have requested a conciliator
As with the negotiations with CN, Teamsters Canada Rail Conference officers’ goal is to prevent service interruptions.
CP worker loses his life at work
A Canadian Pacific worker lost his life in the line of duty last night. The accident happened at the St-Luc rail yard in Montreal. Details are still sketchy but the Transportation Safety Board is likely to launch an investigation to shed light on this tragedy.
Teamsters Go On Strike at Canadian Pacific
Members of the TCRC voted 94.2% to authorize strike action on April 6, 2018, and voted 98.1% to reject CP’s final offer Friday...
TCRC, CP Reach Tentative Agreement
The Teamsters Canada Rail Conference (TCRC), which represents the running trade employees at Canadian Pacific, has agreed to a tentative one year agreement with company, subject to ratification by the membership...
Track Maintenance is Crucial to Ensuring the Safety of Canadians
I was left dumbstruck when CP announced it was laying off 260 maintenance of way employees across the country. These workers inspect, maintain and change tracks that are damaged by weather, the passage of...
Work Stoppage at Canadian Pacific is Over
The Teamsters Canada Rail Conference (TCRC) and Canadian Pacific (CP) have agreed to final and binding arbitration. In such a process, both parties agree to accept the arbitrator's decision as final.
Strike action against CP could have an impact on commuter train services in the...
Possible strike action against Canadian Pacific (CP) could have an impact on commuter train services in the Montréal area.
Fatal Accident at CN in British Columbia
A Canadian National (CN) conductor was fatally injured yesterday afternoon while working just outside of a rail yard in Prince Rupert, B.C. The worker was a man in his thirties who had been with the company since 2018. His name is not being released.
Fatal Accident at Canadian Pacific
A train conductor employed by Canadian Pacific (CP) died as the result of a workplace accident on Monday afternoon. The accident occurred on the CP rail tracks adjacent to 9th avenue in downtown Calgary. His union, the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference (TCRC), has been advised that a Transport Canada investigation is ongoing.
