Almost 10,000 rail employees represented by the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference are off the job, halting all movements of grain, potash, consumer goods and other freight
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau delivers a statement on the potential rail strike following an event in Gatineau, Que., on Aug. 21, 2024.
“That’s why we are on this. We’re taking it so seriously. The minister is engaged directly,” he said. “We are not taking this lightly, obviously, because Canadians across the country are worried about it, and we will have more to say shortly on what we’re doing to make sure that the right solution is found quickly for the economy.”CPKC, CN and the union have been in separate negotiations for several months. The Teamsters had issued a strike notice at CPKC but not at CN.
The railways have called on the government to impose binding arbitration in the disputes, echoing calls of the business community. “Essentially, the Canadian supply chain has ground to a halt,” he said. “There are going to be no goods coming into the country through the ports and nothing’s going to go out.”
To the north on the B.C. coast, the Port of Prince Rupert, which is undergoing a multibillion-dollar expansion, said the railway work stoppage threatens the daily movement of goods worth $150-million. “This affects the supply chains of goods that Canadians rely on every day while also impacting the thousands of workers across western Canada employed in our export industries,” said James Cain, spokesman for the Prince Rupert Port Authority.
While in government the Conservatives used back-to-work legislation to end a strike at CP Rail in 2012, however, the party declined to say Wednesday whether it would support such a move in this case.
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