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Repair, inspection staff at CN prep for strike vote

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News February 19, 2015

Locomotive and rail car maintenance, repair and inspection staff at Canadian National Railway (CN) plan to take a strike vote early next week, their union said Thursday. Unifor, the largest union at CN with over 4,800 members, said Thursday it will hold the vote over a period of up to three weeks, and would set […] Read more

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CP’s engineers, conductors on strike

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News February 15, 2015

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 […] Read more

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CN reaches tentative labour deal with engineers

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News February 14, 2015

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 […] Read more

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Another union serves CP with strike notice

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News February 12, 2015

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 […] Read more

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CP conductors, engineers serve strike notice

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News February 10, 2015

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 […] Read more

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Strike vote passes for CP engineers, conductors

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News February 9, 2015

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). […] Read more

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Prairie shippers’ group expands grain car tracking

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News February 3, 2015

A clutch of Prairie grain industry stakeholders says its pool of weekly data on rail car spotting is getting deeper and still shows significant shortfalls in car delivery from Canada’s big two railways. The Ag Transport Coalition on Tuesday released a performance measurement update, which it says now includes aggregate data from shippers representing about 85 […] Read more

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Grain handle up as CN books record freight in 2014

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News January 27, 2015

Canadian National Railway (CN) reported increased revenue from a higher grain and fertilizer handle as part of its “record full-year freight volumes” for fiscal 2014. The railway on Tuesday released fourth-quarter and 12-month results, booking substantially higher revenues and profit in 2014 over 2013. Montreal-based CN reported $844 million in net income on $3.207 billion […] Read more

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Grain shippers’ data show ongoing rail supply/demand gap

By GFM Network News January 26, 2015

Numbers newly crunched by a clutch of Canadian grain shippers paint a picture of a gap that’s wide, and getting wider, between the numbers of rail cars they say they need and what they say they’re getting. The Ag Transport Coalition — which so far includes eight Canadian grain-handling and crop commodity groups, working with […] Read more

File photo of a Teamster-represented engineers’ picket at CN in 2009. (File photo by Dave Bedard)

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Work stoppage possible for CN engineers in mid-February

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News January 22, 2015

The union for engineers on Canadian National Railway’s (CN) trains warns a work stoppage could come as early as mid-February barring progress in talks with the company. The Teamsters Canada Rail Conference (TCRC) said Thursday CN has “refused” to extend conciliation talks, now due to end Saturday, by another 60 days. The engineers’ last collective […] Read more

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Repair, inspection staff at CN prep for strike vote

CP’s engineers, conductors on strike

CN reaches tentative labour deal with engineers

Another union serves CP with strike notice

CP conductors, engineers serve strike notice

Strike vote passes for CP engineers, conductors

Prairie shippers’ group expands grain car tracking

Grain handle up as CN books record freight in 2014

Grain shippers’ data show ongoing rail supply/demand gap

Work stoppage possible for CN engineers in mid-February

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