North America supply chains threatened by Canada rail strike vote


“The simultaneous work stoppage at both CN and CPKC would disrupt supply chains on a scale Canada has likely never experienced,” Paul Boucher, president of the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference, said. — Bloomberg

OTTAWA: Rail workers demanding more rest time moved closer to a strike that would disrupt supply chains from Halifax to Vancouver and down through the US Midwest to the Gulf of Mexico.

A union representing more than 9,000 employees at Canadian National Railway Co (CN) and Canadian Pacific Kansas City Ltd (CPKC) said workers overwhelmingly voted in favour of job action to push the companies to include provisions to combat crew fatigue in their collective agreements.

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