UPDATED – December 9, 2024 – 1350 CST – Comment from labour minister Steven MacKinnon added. Glacier FarmMedia – Canadian National Railway (CN) says it has reached a tentative four-year agreement with the union representing mechanical, clerical and intermodal workers. Employees represented by Unifor voted in late November to authorize a strike if a deal […] Read more
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New labour negotiations initiated at CN
REUTERS — Unifor has initiated labour negotiations with Canadian National Railway, representing more than 3,600 workers. The union said its bargaining priorities include an improvement in wages, addressing concerns about the pension plan and job security for its members. Unifor, which represents CN’s car technicians and heavy duty mechanics among other workers, said its current […] Read more
Demonstrators stop CN train in Winnipeg
UPDATED: March 15, 2024 – 1310 CST – Comment from CN added – Glacier FarmMedia – A union representing striking workers in Halifax said it stopped a Canadian National Railway train in Winnipeg yesterday as part of escalations against that company. “CN cannot escape the spotlight. The shameful behaviour by CN Autoport in Halifax will […] Read more
Seaway strike ends as tentative agreement reached
Lock workers are back at work along the canals that offer transit through the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean after a Sunday evening tentative resolution to the job action, which threatened to back up St. Lawrence Seaway grain shipments. The resolution announced by Unifor, the St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corp. (SLSMC) and federal labour […] Read more
Seaway strike backs up Ontario grain
The nature of eastern Canadian grain logistics and the strike by St. Lawrence Seaway workers who operate the canals will see cascading impacts across the system if the situation isn’t resolved quickly, according to Crosby Devitt, chief executive officer of Ontario Grain Farmers. Unifor workers in both Ontario and Quebec walked off the job Sunday […] Read more
