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CP engineers, conductors halt strike

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Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) and its unionized conductors, engineers, trainmen and yardmen agreed Monday to binding arbitration in their contract talks, ending a strike the day after it began. The end of the strike, which began Sunday just after midnight, comes under the threat of federal back-to-work legislation, which was due to be tabled Monday
(CPR.ca)
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CP’s engineers, conductors on strike

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Engineers, conductors, trainmen and yardmen for Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) are on strike after 11th-hour talks ended Saturday night without a new agreement. “Picket lines are now being set up across Canada and the rail shutdown is happening,” Doug Finnson, president of the workers’ union, the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference (TCRC), said in a release
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CN reaches tentative labour deal with engineers

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Canadian National Railway’s (CN) 1,800-odd locomotive engineers will remain on the job until April at least, after tentatively agreeing to a new three-year labour deal with the company. The agreement, reached Saturday, now goes to a ratification vote for the unionized engineers, represented by the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference (TCRC). Vote results are expected to
grain hopper cars on railway tracks
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Weekly, not yearly rail performance key to grain shippers: WGEA

The Ag Transport Coalition’s second weekly report on rail service 
shows the railways aren’t meeting demand

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Canada’s railways say they are moving more grain than a year ago, but still aren’t meeting grain shippers’ demands, according to the latest weekly railway performance report prepared by QGI Consulting for the Ag Transport Coalition. And there’s the rub, says Wade Sobkowich, executive director of the Western Grain Elevator Association (WGEA), which represents Western
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Another union serves CP with strike notice

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Barring last-minute deals or back-to-work legislation, staff handling locomotive and rail car inspection, maintenance and repair at Canadian Pacific Railway may join the company’s engineers and conductors on strike Sunday. Unifor, which represents about 1,800 CP employees, announced Thursday it served CP late Wednesday night with strike notice for 12:01 a.m. Sunday (Feb. 15), following
Kellie Leitch speaking in Ottawa in March 2014. (Labour.gc.ca)
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Labour minister says CP, engineers urged to bargain

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Vancouver | Reuters — Federal Labour Minister Kellie Leitch on Wednesday said she was encouraging the parties at Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) to bargain, but declined to speculate on what Ottawa might do if workers went out on strike. CP said its managers will be ready to take over if the railway’s engineers and conductors
(CPR.ca)
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CP conductors, engineers serve strike notice

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Unionized engineers and conductors on Canadian Pacific Railway’s (CP) trains have served formal notice they’ll strike Sunday, barring a negotiated deal with the company. The Teamsters Canada Rail Conference (TCRC), which represents CP’s locomotive engineers, conductors, trainmen and yardmen, said Tuesday it’s notified CP that the affected workers will strike effective 12:01 a.m. Sunday “in
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Strike vote passes for CP engineers, conductors

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Canadian Pacific Railway’s unionized conductors and engineers have voted to give themselves a trump card in talks with the company for a new contract. Eligible employees voted 93 per cent in favour of strike action “if necessary” to reach a negotiated settlement with the company, according to their union, the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference (TCRC).

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