Things are seemingly going to get worse before they get much better, when it comes to transporting goods across Canada on the rails of Canadian National.
The UTU, the Canadian branch of the union representing CN’s yard workers and conductors won its case with the Industrial Relations Board on Monday. CN had appealed to the Board to rule the job action as an illegal walkout, but the IRB saw things a little differently and ruled in favor of the Canadian union members. A decision that means that picket lines will remain up across Canada.
The UTU, the Canadian branch of the union representing CN’s yard workers and conductors won its case with the Industrial Relations Board on Monday. CN had appealed to the Board to rule the job action as an illegal walkout, but the IRB saw things a little differently and ruled in favor of the Canadian union members. A decision that means that picket lines will remain up across Canada.
The dispute is a three way situation, with the local Canadian branch of the union not only taking on the railroad, but having to deal with a head office that suspects their intentions in the dispute.
The labour dispute is having large ripple effects across the country, as CN struggles to keep the railway running with management personnel; a situation that seems a little harder than they first suggested when the strike began a week ago.
Since that time there has been a surge in the amount of industries that are claiming delivery and supply problems stemming from the walkout, a refrain that has the Federal Government now considering its options to try and get things including the freight back on the rails.
The Globe and Mail recapped the day’s events quite succinctly on its website Monday night.
The labour dispute is having large ripple effects across the country, as CN struggles to keep the railway running with management personnel; a situation that seems a little harder than they first suggested when the strike began a week ago.
Since that time there has been a surge in the amount of industries that are claiming delivery and supply problems stemming from the walkout, a refrain that has the Federal Government now considering its options to try and get things including the freight back on the rails.
The Globe and Mail recapped the day’s events quite succinctly on its website Monday night.
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