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Teamsters serve strike notice on CN

By GFM Network News, Gfm Staff November 17, 2019

Teamster-led workers in contract talks with Canadian National Railway could be on the picket line as early as 12:01 a.m. ET Tuesday after serving strike notice on the company. The Teamsters Canadian Rail Conference – Conductors, Trainpersons and Yardpersons (TCRC-CTY), which represents about 3,200 CN conductors and railyard co-ordinators in Canada, has served 72 hours’

Loading grain on a vessel at a Burrard Inlet terminal. (Maxvis/iStock/Getty Images)

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B.C. longshoremen to take strike vote this week

By GFM Network News May 8, 2019

MarketsFarm — The International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) is urging members at Canada’s West Coast ports to vote for a strike, as negotiations for a collective agreement have dragged on for over a year. The union members’ vote takes place Wednesday and Thursday (May 8-9). ILWU and the British Columbia Maritime Employers Association (BCMEA)

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CP conductors, engineers ratify four-year deal

By GFM Network News, Gfm Staff July 30, 2018

Conductors and engineers for Canadian Pacific Railway have voted for labour peace following a 33-hour strike in late May. CP’s 3,100-odd conductors and engineers, represented by the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference (TCRC), announced July 20 they have voted to ratify a four-year agreement. Almost 63 per cent of eligible employees cast electronic ballots in the

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CP’s signal maintainers ratify three-year deal

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff July 5, 2018

Signal and communications employees with Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) have voted to accept a tentative three-year deal that helped end a 33-hour work stoppage in late May. CP and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) System Council No. 11, which represents 360 CP signal maintainers, announced Friday the union’s CP members had voted 78

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Argentina’s grain exports halt in strike against Macri

By GFM Network News, Reuters June 25, 2018

Buenos Aires | Argentina — A strike called by Argentina’s largest trade union federation in protest over President Mauricio Macri’s market-friendly economic policies brought the country to a standstill on Monday, freezing grains exports and halting banking and public transit. The CGT umbrella labour union demanded wage hikes to keep up with inflation rates running

Barley south of Ethelton, Sask. on Aug. 3, 2017. (Dave Bedard photo)

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Feed weekly outlook: Barley prices feeling some pressure

By Dave Sims, GFM Network News June 8, 2018

CNS Canada — Prices for feed barley remain solid in Western Canada but demand could be lessening somewhat as the summer unfolds. “Buyers seem to have decent coverage going into later summer,” said Jared Seitz of Agfinity at Stony Plain, Alta. “So their pricing is starting to pull back.” Prices for feed wheat and barley

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CP conductors, engineers to get nine per cent raise over four years

By Allison Lampert, GFM Network News June 6, 2018

Montreal | Reuters — Canadian Pacific Railway conductors and locomotive engineers will get a nine per cent salary hike over four years as part of a tentative agreement reached last week with the Teamsters, spokesmen from both the union and CP said on Wednesday. The agreement, which must first be ratified by members to go

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Strikes called off as unions, CP reach tentative deals

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff May 30, 2018

Labour peace arrives Thursday morning at Canadian Pacific Railway, as the company and the unions for its conductors, engineers and signal maintainers have reached tentative deals. The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Council No. 11, which represents about 360 CP signal maintenance staff, announced a tentative three-year deal with Calgary-based CP Tuesday evening. The

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CP employees to walk the line Tuesday night

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff May 27, 2018

Barring any last-minute deals, conductors, engineers and signal maintainers at Canadian Pacific Railway plan to be on strike as of 9 p.m. CT Tuesday. The Teamsters Canada Rail Conference (TCRC), which represents about 3,000 CP engineers, and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW), which represents about 360 CP signal maintenance staff, both announced Saturday

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CP employees reject company’s ‘final’ offers

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff May 25, 2018

Conductors, engineers and signal maintainers at Canadian Pacific Railway are again within striking distance of striking. The Teamsters Canada Rail Conference (TCRC), which represents about 3,000 CP engineers, and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW), which represents about 360 CP signal maintenance staff, confirmed Friday their members have voted to reject what CP described

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Tag Archives strike

Teamsters serve strike notice on CN

B.C. longshoremen to take strike vote this week

CP conductors, engineers ratify four-year deal

CP’s signal maintainers ratify three-year deal

Argentina’s grain exports halt in strike against Macri

Feed weekly outlook: Barley prices feeling some pressure

CP conductors, engineers to get nine per cent raise over four years

Strikes called off as unions, CP reach tentative deals

CP employees to walk the line Tuesday night

CP employees reject company’s ‘final’ offers

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