Potential rail strike would cause historic disruption of Canadian supply chains: union

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Workers of CPKC and CN, companies that own a combined 75 per cent of the country’s railroads, are set to hold a strike vote on April 8, which could have repercussions on everything from Via Rail to the shipping of grain.

Workers of CPKC and CN, companies that own a combined 75 per cent of the country’s railroads, are set to hold a strike vote on April 8, which could have repercussions on everything from Via Rail to the shipping of grain.File photo of CN Rail freight trains at Macmillan Yard in Vaughan, Ont.

Separate collective bargaining agreements between each respective company and the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference union expired at the end of 2023. Under Canadian labour law, those agreements remain in place until new deals are reached, though the parties remain far apart on rest provisions for workers.

 

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