Teamsters Vote to Reauthorize Strikes at CN and CPKC
The Teamsters Canada Rail Conference (TCRC) today announced that close to 10,000 workers at CN and CPKC have voted to reauthorize strikes at both companies, if negotiated settlements cannot be reached. Overall, workers voted 98.6% to reauthorize a strike, with an 89.5% turnout.
CN Appears on the Verge of Closing its Montreal Rail Traffic Control Centre
The company is moving families across the country like goods on a train…
Teamsters will protest on Parliament Hill
Ottawa, May 28, 2012 – The Teamsters Canada Rail Conference (TCRC) is organizing a demonstration on Parliament Hill on Tuesday, May 29, to protest...
Teamsters Receive Lockout Notice From CN
Work stoppage still set for 00:01 on Thursday, August 22, unless parties reach last-minute agreement
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.
Could the Gogama derailment have been prevented?
TCRC, which represents more than 12,000 railway workers, have continually stressed the need for more inspectors to be hired to see to the optimal operation of the equipment and the integrity of the tracks.
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 Serve Strike Notice to CPKC
Work stoppage still set for 00:01 on Thursday, August 22, unless parties reach last-minute agreement
Remembering Brother George Hucker
It is with tremendous sadness that I share with you the recent passing of Brother George Hucker, retired Locomotive Engineer and former International Vice President and National Legislative Representative for the International Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers (IBLE) and the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference (TCRC)...
Mental Health and the Railway
“Having a hand in someone’s death, and the everlasting effects that come with it, is the last thing on your mind when you go...
