Nick PilonAug 22, 2024

https://rabble.ca/labour/locked-out-rail-workers-are-demanding-improved-safety/ - it's shameful that the Canadian national news media doesn't cover the substance of the dispute between the Teamsters and the CN/CP oligopoly.

The substance is *safety*. The Teamsters want contractual protections to ensure crews are fresh and able to prevent railway crashes, derailments, and *explosions*.

CN & CP want to run crews until they're asleep on their feet, and if that blows up a few cities, well, that's someone else's problem.

Nationalize the railways!

Locked out rail workers are demanding improved safety

For the first time in Canada’s history, both its major rail companies have stopped operating after employers shut out workers.

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Canada Ends Lockout of Rail Workers
https://labornotes.org/2024/08/canada-ends-lockout-rail-workers

Canadian rail workers who are Teamsters members were locked out because they refused to buckle to company demands for unsafe and inhumane scheduling. Photo: IBT Canada.

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Canada Ends Lockout of Rail Workers

UPDATE, August 22: The lockout was not even a day old when the government moved to end it with a back-to-work order and initiate binding arbitration. —Editors Ten thousand Canadian railroad workers were locked out early this morning after two sets of major contracts expired. Canadian National (CN) and Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) forced out locomotive engineers, conductors, and yard workers who are organized under the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference.

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Aug 23, 2024 at 8:08amWeb