Thursday, August 22, 2024

Labor Dispute Stops Canadian Freight Railroads

All rail traffic in Canada and all shipments crossing the U.S. border have stopped.

Posted by lamplighter at 10:32 PM | 10 COMMENTS | permalink

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... Both of Canada's major freight railroads have come to a full stop because of a contract dispute with their workers, an impasse that could bring significant economic harm to businesses and consumers in Canada and the U.S. if the trains don't resume running soon.

Canadian National and CPKC railroads both locked out their employees after the deadline of 12:01 a.m. Eastern Thursday passed without new agreements with the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference that represents some 10,000 engineers, conductors and dispatchers.

All rail traffic in Canada and all shipments crossing the U.S. border have stopped, although CPKC and CN's trains will continue to operate in the U.S. and Mexico.

Billions of dollars of goods each month move between Canada and the U.S. via rail, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation. ...


#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-08-22 01:46 PM

Good. I hope the workers demands are met promptly.

#2 | Posted by qcp at 2024-08-22 02:56 PM

It's as if workers actually mattered.

#3 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2024-08-22 03:58 PM

And that didn't last long. They've forced arbitration, same sort of mistake Biden made.

#4 | Posted by DarkVader at 2024-08-22 10:49 PM

@#4 ... They've forced arbitration, ...

Canada forces arbitration in freight train labor dispute to avert economic crisis
www.nbcnews.com

I am not surprised at this.

But I have another question...

... same sort of mistake Biden made. ...

How is that a mistake?

(serious question)

#5 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-08-22 10:53 PM

Remember back when the workers at UPS laid out their demands? 12,000 of them no longer work there.

#6 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2024-08-23 08:13 AM

This would have never happened when I was president. I know how to negotiate with unions, and win big! They love me. I'm fair. The working man built this country. And now Commie Kamala and Sleepy Joe are giving away the country to the unions! It will wreck our economy. A Train Wreck! I alone can fix this problem, just like I told my great friends Bibi Netanyahu and Vladimir Putin, who I don't know...
--Sleepy-deprived fat orange criminal insurrectionist and golf cheat

#7 | Posted by catdog at 2024-08-23 09:36 AM

They've forced arbitration, same sort of mistake Biden made.

#4 | Posted by DarkVader at 2024-08-22 10:49 PM | Reply | Flag:

It was a panic stricken "hurry up and get back to work" solution. The supply chains were in disarray at the time.

#8 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2024-08-23 10:03 AM

And I suppose LFTHNDTHRDS thinks that Biden personally fired each of those 12k workers.
That the CEO of UPS had nothing to do with it, because 'they say so' on Faux News...

rube... CEO's hire and fire, CEO's price gouge, are responsible for Greedflation.

President's come in and try to 'calm the waters' after a crisis strikes. Biden stepping in
to try to get the two sides talking is what a POTUS is supposed to do. It is up to the
company to come to terms or to fire its people. Biden cannot be held responsible for that.
That is an internal decision.

#9 | Posted by earthmuse at 2024-08-23 01:45 PM

And I suppose LFTHNDTHRDS thinks that Biden personally fired each of those 12k workers.
That the CEO of UPS had nothing to do with it, because 'they say so' on Faux News...

Huh??? I never mentioned anything about Biden when i wrote about UPS... I made a point that the union workers laid out their demands of what they wanted. Eventually UPS agreed and now 12,000 of them are now FORMER UPS employees.

"CEO's price gouge, are responsible for Greedflation"

Let me help you here, the words you're looking is "price fixing" and it's illegal. IF this is what's been going on, you have none other than your own president to blame it on. But of course you'll never do that because you took the bait and swallowed the hook and your ego won't allow anything other than "fOx NeWs"

You're welcome

#10 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2024-08-23 04:36 PM

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