Published on: 23 Aug 2024, 2:58 pm The Teamsters union has served Canadian National Railway (CN) with a 72-hour strike notice, hours after saying it was taking down picket lines and workers would return to their jobs.
"Please find this letter as official notice to the company of our intention to withdraw the services of our combined membership of approximately 6,500 members," reads the notice sent to CN on Friday morning by the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference.
The notice says that the union does not believe any of the ongoing issues between the railway and the Teamsters to be "insurmountable" and that it remains open to negotiating with the company in order to prevent any "further work stoppage."
The strike notice comes after months of contract talks between the Teamsters, CN, and Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC).
A statement from CN issued Friday afternoon said that while the railway remains focused on getting back up and running, "the Teamsters are focused on returning to the picket line and shutting down the economy, impacting people and jobs across the country."
Speaking in Calgary, François Laporte, the president of Teamsters Canada, told CBC News the company's demands would have broken the union's collective agreement and that its priority is to ensure union members have "decent and reasonable working conditions."
"We believe in fair and honest bargaining and that's what we want, we want a fair and honest bargaining with the company," he said.
Both companies locked out their 9,300 engineers, conductors and yard workers just after midnight Thursday after failing to reach deals with the union. CPKC's 3,500 workers went on strike at the same time.
Federal Labour Minister Steven MacKinnon referred the dispute to the Canada Industrial Relations Board (CIRB) to impose binding arbitration, under Section 107 of the Canada Labour Code.
Now the CIRB will decide how best to settle negotiations and whether that requires binding arbitration. For the CIRB to impose binding arbitration, it must justify it as the only way to handle the dispute and that it is economically necessary for the country.
According to CBC, CPKC said it was prepared to discuss the resumption of service at a meeting with the CIRB, but the union refused and said it intends to make submissions to challenge the constitutionality of MacKinnon's actions. The work stoppage at CPKC remains ongoing.
Pressure from industry groups and provincial governments to resolve the conflict has been mounting for weeks.
The companies haul a combined $1 billion in goods each day, according to the Railway Association of Canada. Industries affected by the work stoppage include agriculture, mining, energy, retail, automaking and construction.
The impasse affects tens of thousands of commuters in Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver, whose rail lines run on CPKC-owned tracks. Without traffic controllers to dispatch them, passenger trains cannot run on those rails.
U.S. railways also have had to turn away Canada-bound shipments. Shippers south of the border also rely on Canada's two main railways, whose tracks run to the Gulf of Mexico and, in CPKC's case, to Mexican ports.
Rail consultant Greg Gormick told Western Standard inadequate attention to railroad issues was finally costing the government and the public.
"The politicians and most of the public never even notice the trains until they stop running or they get held up at a grade crossing by a long one," Gormick said.
"Just one more sign of how our national and provincial transportation policies and the lopsided funding programs are hopelessly screwed up -- and have been for decades.
"Chickens always come home to roost."
President Trump selling would not be a good look
Rail stoppages continue as CPKC, CN unions remain defiant following federal intervention New strike notice and regulatory challenge make it unclear when freight traffic will fully resume https://calgaryherald.com/news/national/cpkc-cn-rail-union-lockout-strike-august-23-2024
The $10 Trillion Dollar Family That Runs The World: The Finks/Blackrock/Blackstone https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZjsYfPw4Y2Q&list=WL&index=2
Dude has proven himself to be an idiot at every turn for decades!!
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Mrs. Crabtree is dialed in and watching every move with active and intellectual interest. {SEE HERE} As a result, she is getting information from within the USSS about events happening in real time. The latest revelation as shared by Susan Crabtree is stunning. See https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2024/08/15/the-u-s-secret-service-has-collapsed-as-an-organization-just-like-the-fbi-before-it-stunning-example-follows/
Lets see if he sues WAPO for lying... they claimed to quote him directly
The story originates in the Washington Post, so the context is always a presentation with the intent to undermine President Trump. PLEASE KEEP IN MIND, this story is cited directly to RFK Jr and contains quotes from him.
This is not a story from anonymous sources or sources ‘familiar with the events.’ This is a story directly from the horses’ mouth. Robert F Kennedy Jr wants the information within this story made public. REMEMBER THAT!
Additionally, when you accept the Washington Post is the outlet for the CIA, and then see that Robert F Kennedy Jr confirms the details of the article with first person attribution, then we must consider the motives and intents of two mutually aligned entities (CIA and RFK Jr).
It was cause there were no tampons in his washroom...
While he was sabotaged he should have come forward long ago and especially before taking their payoff of how many houses and how much?! Bet he fails to mention the massive pay off, probably just looking for more.
We need to ignore them but they certainly want to announce a lot and get a lot of attention at the moment
WHO adds Black Death plague, bird flu and mpox to new pandemic watchlist
The agency has added 24 pathogens to its pandemic watchlist, as scientists race to predict what will cause the next global outbreak The Black Death plague, bird flu and mpox are among 24 threats that have been added to an influential watchlist of the pathogens that could trigger the next pandemic. Source: .telegraph.co.uk
I am on now but just music playing at the moment
That is what CBDC and digital currencies dream to leverage for ultimate control!!
They have no authority and should be ignored 100%
mccarthy is nothing but a rino and on kamal toes side
The plant no work for a while? Notice the tit for tat siege over energy?
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/08/breaking-telegram-ceo-arrested-french-authorities-refusing-follow/ "laws" - Can't have enough people protecting against censorship!! Fighting pedophilia is protecting the public and the laws associated with fighting such crimes... The are not mutually exclusive.