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File photo of a CN locomotive. (Dave Bedard photo)

CN’s mechanics vote in favour of strike action

Company says rail operations 'will continue'

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News March 7, 2023

Unionized mechanics and clerical workers at Canadian National Railway (CN) have voted their support for strike action which CN says will not affect operations. Ballots from members of Unifor Local 100 and Unifor Council 4000 went 98 and 97 per cent in support of strike action, in votes held over the past two weeks, Unifor […] Read more

Crops, Machinery

CN’s mechanics, clerical staff taking strike votes

Railway not expecting impact on operations

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News February 20, 2023

Canadian National Railway says it’s not expecting any impact on its operations if its unionized mechanics and clerical staff are involved in a work stoppage, depending on the outcome of strike votes starting this week. Unifor represents about 3,000 CN workers in mechanical, intermodal and clerical positions across the country through five collective agreements, all […] Read more

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

Crops

Unions rip supply chain report’s language on strikes

Task force calls for 'new labour relations paradigm'

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News October 27, 2022

Recommendations from the federal government’s National Supply Chain Task Force to strengthen the country’s supply chains have drawn a cheer but also one significant jeer from unions in the transport sector. The task force’s final report, released Oct. 6, offered up 21 recommendations aimed at easing congestion in Canada’s ports, filling labour shortages and improving […] Read more

General, Machinery, Markets, Reuters

‘Progress’ seen by ministers at NAFTA talks, but breakthrough elusive

By GFM Network News May 8, 2018

Washington | Reuters — Canadian, Mexican and U.S. officials hailed progress on revamping the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) on Tuesday as efforts focused on crafting new rules for the auto sector, but there was no sign of a major breakthrough. Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland, U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and Mexican Economy […] Read more

Dairy Cattle, General, Machinery, Markets, Reuters

Trudeau optimistic on NAFTA as deal on autos seen possible

By GFM Network News March 21, 2018

Ottawa | Reuters — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Wednesday for the first time that a deal to renegotiate NAFTA was likely, amid signs negotiators may be closer to settling one of the regional trade pact’s most contentious issues. “We remain very confident that a win-win-win deal is not only possible, but likely,” Trudeau […] Read more

General, Markets, Reuters

Sharp differences over labour surface at NAFTA trade talks

By GFM Network News September 4, 2017

Mexico City | Reuters — Tensions over sharp differences in pay between Mexican workers and their Canadian and U.S. counterparts surfaced on Sunday as negotiators discussed labour market rules in talks to overhaul the North American Free Trade Agreement. Canada’s biggest private-sector union said NAFTA should be scrapped if Mexico cannot agree to better labour […] Read more

GM’s 2016 Chevrolet Silverado 1500. (Chevrolet.ca)

Machinery, Reuters

Sources say GM to use Oshawa plant to expand pickup output

By GFM Network News September 21, 2016

Toronto | Reuters — General Motors will use its Oshawa, Ont. assembly plant to expand production of pickup trucks for the North American market if a tentative agreement with Canadian auto workers is ratified, sources familiar with Canadian labour negotiations said Wednesday. Oshawa’s manufacturing plant, which employs some 2,500 workers, will install component parts and […] Read more

Crops, Machinery

CP books more Prairie grain revenue at year-end

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News January 21, 2016

Higher grain revenue on Canada’s Prairies helped lead to record full-year revenues and offset a lower fourth-quarter gross for Canadian Pacific Railway (CP), as the company warned of substantial job cuts ahead. The railway on Thursday reported overall net income of $1.352 billion on record revenue of $6.712 billion for 2015, down from $1.476 billion […] Read more

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

Canada seen dawdling on TPP ratification

By GFM Network News December 16, 2015

Reuters — Canada is set to hold back on ratifying a key Asia-Pacific trade treaty, a move that would assuage critics but might hamper Washington’s bid to build domestic support for the deal, according to sources close to the talks. Canada is one of 12 nations that initialed the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) in early October, […] Read more

Crops, Machinery, Markets

CN shopcraft staff ratify labour deal

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News March 17, 2015

Updated, March 18 — Unionized rail car and locomotive repair, maintenance and inspection staff at Canadian National Railway (CN) have approved the 11th-hour deal that kept them from being locked out last month. CN, in a release Tuesday, said members of its shopcraft group of about 2,100 employees, represented by Unifor Local 100R, have voted […] Read more

Alberta crop conditions improve: report

U.S. grains: Corn sets contract lows on expectations for big US crop

U.S. livestock: Cattle strength continues

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