Teamsters

Teamsters union strike for railway workers’ rights

By: Yasmin Hassan, Staff Writer The week of August 20 saw a railway strike from the Teamsters union, halting the movement of all trains owned by Canadian National Railway Co. (CN) and Canadian Pacific Kansas City Ltd. (CPKC). After months of labour talks between the union and companies, hopes of reaching an agreement fell through on August 22.  Teamsters had been negotiating improved offers, “with better pay, improved rest, and more predictable schedules.” CN and CPKC issued an “employer-imposed work stoppage,” leaving over 9,300 engineers, conductors, and yard workers unable to perform their jobs and pausing the progression of labour…

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