FOG BLOG CANADA NEWS LOG: CP RAIL TEAMSTERS UNION WORKERS LOCKED OUT, 3000 OFF THE JOB:
Canadian Pacific Railway locking out workers, union says........
Teamsters the Union representing CP Railway workers says they are heading to the picket lines after failed negotiations
Workers will start setting up picketing sights across the country
Workers are calling for better wages, pensions that they say will make the industry more attractive to younger workers
The Canadian Pacific Railway and its workers have not reached an agreement after the union and the company could not come to a negotiated settlement or agree to binding arbitration. The Teamsters Canada Rail Conference (TCRC), which represents the rail workers said employees will start picketing across the country...........This follows Calgary-based CP Rail’s 72-hour notice to the TCRC of its plan to lock out employees at 12:01 eastern time Sunday.
Dave Fulton, TCRC spokesperson at the bargaining table, says the union was willing to continue negotiations before the lockdown was initiated by the employer.
However, he says, “they then moved the goalpost when it came time to discuss the terms of final and binding arbitration.”
Fulton adds, “We are very disappointed with this turn of events.”
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