Despite months of good faith negotiations on the part of the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference, parties remain far apart, and both CN and CPKC have began their lockout of 00:01 today.
The government could just as easily make CNR and CPKR give into worker demands through forced arbitration. Either that, or they need to nationalize the railway companies… which we should have done long ago
If the government tries ordering them back to work it’s gonna get worse real quick and I’ll be supporting workers rather than fat cat big business.
It’s a pity small business will get caught in the crossfire but this is a fight workers must win.
The government could just as easily make CNR and CPKR give into worker demands through forced arbitration. Either that, or they need to nationalize the railway companies… which we should have done long ago
Friendly reminder that CN was only privatized in 1995